3 Easy Japanese Dinner Recipes that Can Change Your Life

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: tofu

Tofu is a plant-based alternative that reduces cost and calories.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

These alternatives provide a similar sweet and tangy flavor.

sake

🥗Healthier: white grape juice

💰Cheaper: cooking wine

White grape juice offers sweetness without alcohol.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Tamari is gluten-free and often cheaper than premium soy sauces.

Cut scallion stem into small pieces.

Cut chicken thigh into bite-sized pieces.

Season chicken with 50g of salt and let it sit for 5-10 minutes.

Mix sake, soy sauce, mirin, water, and sugar in a bowl.

Add 1/2 tsp of kombu salt to the mixture.

Heat a hot pan with cooking oil over medium-high heat.

Place chicken skin side down in the pan and cook until skin releases oil, then discard some oil.

Reduce heat to low and add half of the scallion pieces, cooking for 2.5 minutes to steam them.

Serve the chicken with the remaining scallions on top.

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