A week of dinner 🍚🥕 Japanese style healthy dinner recipes

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics the sweetness and acidity of mirin.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces salt intake without sacrificing flavor.

sesame oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Olive oil provides a healthier fat option while canola is budget-friendly.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Chicken breast is leaner, while drumsticks are often more affordable.

Prepare the teriyaki chicken by marinating the chicken breast in sake, then coating it with corn starch or potato starch.

Heat sesame oil in a pan and cook the chicken until golden brown, then add the sauce ingredients and cook until thickened.

For the miso soup, combine sweet potato, onion, dashi powder, water, and miso in a pot and simmer until the sweet potato is tender.

For the mushroom miso seasoned rice, cook the rice and mix in the mushrooms and sauce ingredients.

For the salmon and mushrooms, cook the salmon and mushrooms in butter and season with black pepper and optional wasabi.

For the soup, simmer carrot, onion, dashi bag, water, and soy sauce until the vegetables are tender.

Simmer mackerel with ginger and sauce ingredients until cooked through.

Stir-fry asparagus and mushrooms in butter and season with salt and soy sauce.

For the meatball soup, combine onion, carrot, mushrooms, chicken powder, water, and soy sauce in a pot and simmer.

Prepare meatballs with minced chicken, spring onion, sesame seeds, sake, sesame oil, soy sauce, and flour, then add to the soup.

For the paprika side dish, sauté paprika in sesame oil and season with soy sauce and sesame seeds.

For the sweet potato rice, cook sweet potato and rice with sake and salt.

Stir-fry green paprika with eggs and season with salt, pepper, and sauce ingredients.

Prepare kimchi soup by simmering water, chicken powder, carrot, kimchi, tofu, gochujang, miso, and green onion.

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