Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s Okinawan beef taco rice recipe.
EASY

This fun 1980s fusion dish is your new budget-friendly family dinner

Julia Busuttil Nishimura adds extra Japanese flavours to this taco rice mash-up.

  • <30 mins
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.

Make it a katsu Tuesday with these crowd-pleasing crumbed numbers

Pull out the panko breadcrumbs for these crisp yet juicy Japanese pork and chicken favourites.

Menchi katsu is made from pork mince instead of pork fillet.
EASY

Pork mince katsu with pickled cucumbers and cabbage

Katsu made with pork mince for a quick meal everyone will love.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Danielle Alvarez
Japanese prawn and rice soup is a riot of textures.
EASY

Japanese prawn and rice soup

This richly flavoured,satisfying soup comes together in less than 30 minutes from go to whoa.

  • <30 mins
  • Jessica Brook
Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s niku udon (beef udon noodle soup).

Niku udon (Japanese beef noodle soup)

The shiitake dashi base can be made from scratch,or use my shortcut if you’re tight on time.

  • 2 hrs +
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
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Japanese-style one-tray fish and chips with wasabi tartare.
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Japanese-style fish and chips with wasabi tartare

Wasabi,nori (seaweed) and shichimi togarashi (Japanese seven-spice) give this one-tray a Japanese accent.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Jessica Brook
Salmon rice bowls with teriyaki dressing.
EASY

RecipeTin’s rice bowls stretch two salmon fillets into a satisfying dinner for four

Delicious,wholesome and satisfying,this simple meal can be thrown together in the time it takes to steam rice.

  • <30 mins
  • RecipeTin Eats
Marinated minute steaks with sesame daikon salad and steamed rice.
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Julia Busuttil Nishimura’s speedy Japanese-style steak dinner with daikon and rice

Marinated minute steak served with steamed rice and a quick salad makes for a pretty easy weeknight meal.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Julia Busuttil Nishimura
Japanese-style braised chicken stew.
EASY

Adam Liaw’s Japanese-style braised chicken stew

Known as chikuzen-ni,this Japanese-style one-pan simmered dish is delicious at any time,whether it’s a simple dinner or a smaller breakfast dish.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw
Steamed vegetables with sesame sauce.
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Adam Liaw’s steamed vegetables with sesame sauce

Steamed vegetables can be a centrepiece rather than just a side dish. Take your favourite vegies,arrange them in a steamer,then let the steam do all the work.

  • 30 mins - 1 hr
  • Adam Liaw