Easy Japanese Cooking: Appetizer Rex

Dinner parties will never be the same again! Kentaro Kobayashi's fifth volume of Easy Japanese Cooking invites everyone to taste the lighter side of dinner, appetizers!

Recipes Include:

1 Dish Appetizers: Pickles/ Salsa/ Nachos/ Salmon Dip/ Avacado Dip/ Bruschetta/ Spicy Cucumbers/ Turnips/ Octopus Marinade/ Squid Kimchi

Crispy: Fried Cheeze/ Cheesy Rice Crackers/ Deep Fried Mochi/ Bacon/ Deep Fried Noodles/ Potato Skins

Meat: Wasabi-Flavored Steak Slices/ Scallions on Karubi Steak/ Garlic and Diced Meat/ Salted Cow Tongue/ Chives and Meat Stir Fry/ Meat Strips with Egg Yolk/ Salted Fried Chicken/ Stew with Balls of Chicken/ Roast Pork/ Sesame, Onion, and Pork
Stir Fry/ Fried Pork with Salty Sauce

Toss It, Put It On: Sunny Lettuce Sesame Salad/ Shrimp and Avacado Mayo Salad/ Dried Fruits and Cream Cheese/ Parmesan Broccoli Salad/ White Radish Salad-3Ways/ Fried Tofu and Miso/ Cod Roe and Potato Kimchi/ Cod Roe and Potato Butter

Standard Appetizers: Fried Chicken/ Tomato Salad/ German Potatos/ Pork Kimchi/ Boiled and Salty Beans/ Grilled Mushrooms/ Deep-Fried Eggplant/ Grilled Rice Balls

Just Cabbage: Corned BeefCabbage/ Salted Cabbage/ Clam and Cabbage Garlic Stir Fry/ Chinese-style Pickled Cabbage/ Butter Cabbage/ Grilled Cabbage

Tofu: Tofu Steak/ Lightly-Pickled Tofu/ Tofu and Pepper/ Chinese-style Tofu/ Tofu Stir Fry/ Okra and Tofu/ Hot and Spicy Tofu/ Tofu Kimchi Soup

Spicy: Chicken Wings/ Garlic Potato Salad/ Chili Beef Bites/ Bean and Bacon Salad/ Hot and Spicy Shrimp/ Chicken and Onion Curry Marinade/ Sweet Potato Honey Mustard/ Chili-flavored Sausage/ Spicy Potatos

Fry Pan: Mini Shrimp and Vegetables Deep-Fried/ Clams with Oyster Sauce/ Potato and Bacon in Cheesy Cream Sauce/ Devil's Tongue and Soy Sauce. Fried Garlic/ Fish Paste and Peanuts Saute/ Garlic Grass Stir Fry/ Sea Urchin and Potato Saute/ Mushroom and Garlic Stir Fry/Napa Cabbage and Miso/ Mushroom and Egg

Rice: Flavored Rice/ Garlic Rice/ Fish Rice Porridge/ Grilled Rice/ Chicken and Rice Soup

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