6 Ways to Make Japanese Low Calorie High Protein Bowls a.k.a. KINNIKU MESHI

ground beef

🥗Healthier: ground turkey

💰Cheaper: ground pork

Ground turkey reduces fat content while maintaining flavor.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

Substitutes maintain sweetness with lower cost.

nori

🥗Healthier: seaweed salad

💰Cheaper: spinach

Spinach provides a similar texture without the cost.

katsuobushi

🥗Healthier: dried bonito flakes

💰Cheaper: smoked salmon

Smoked salmon offers a similar umami flavor.

Cut chicken and white parts of green onion into bite-sized pieces and skewer. Grill chicken, skin side down, over medium heat for 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over and add the shishito peppers. Add sake and steam (3 minutes over low heat).

Mix the ingredients for Tsukune in a large bowl. Spoon and boil in boiling water. Take it out from what floats to the top.

Mix the sauce ingredients in a bowl. Place in a clean pan and warm slightly to combine. Save half of the sauce in a bowl and return the yakitori to the pan to toss with the remaining sauce. Mix the reserved sauce with the tsukune.

Place rice in a bowl and top with yakitori, tsukune and shishito. Spread shredded nori seaweed on rice as you like.

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