japanese food
  • Mochi Brownies (Molten Chocolate Rice Cake)
    Mochi brownies, or molten chocolate rice cake, is a fusion dessert that beautifully combine the chewy texture of traditional Japanese mochi, the fudgy richness of classic chocolate brownies, and the soft velvety center of a decadent lava cake. Simply combine all the wet and dry ingredients and place a layer of chocolate discs in the middle of the batter, you will get an incredibly delicious cake with a soft, gooey center surrounded by a slightly crispy crust. No need for a hand mixer or any baking experiences! With this easy-to-follow recipe, even my husband mastered it perfectly on his first try. …
  • Pumpkin Mochi in Ghost / Pumpkin Shape
    In this delightful recipe, we’re going to make some super cute Japanese style pumpkin mochi in pumpkin🎃 and ghost 👻 shapes. Picture soft, pillowy mochi skins hugging a luscious pumpkin puree filling, each one transformed into a charming pumpkin or an adorable ghost, where traditional Japanese confectionery meets Halloween whimsy. Now let’s get ready to infuse your kitchen with the cozy aroma of pumpkin and the laughter that comes from crafting these delightful, spooky delights! Important tips for avoiding sticky mochi dough The most frequently asked question by people trying to make mochi is, “Why is my mochi dough so …
  • Pumpkin Pancakes with Cinnamon Honey Butter
    If you’ve ever dreamed of warm soufflé-style pumpkin pancakes that are as soft and fluffy as a cloud, this recipe is all you need. These pumpkin pancakes are not only incredibly fluffy but also infused with the rich, earthy flavors of pumpkin puree. To make them even tastier, we’ll top them with a homemade Cinnamon Honey Butter, which takes you less than 5 minutes to make, and you’ll want to spread it on everything.
  • Peach Ice Cream
    The trend of Japanese peach ice cream 🍑 has been taking social media by storm, but unfortunately, it’s only accessible in a handful of cities in the US, and, of course, not available where we are living. Although this viral peach ice cream is always out of stock online, fear not! With this recipe, we can easily recreate the magic in our own kitchen using fresh peaches, white chocolate, and a dash of freeze-dried strawberry powder, forming a cute pink peach pattern.
  • Matcha Ice Cream
    This recipe makes it incredibly easy to make refreshing and creamy homemade matcha ice cream using just 5 simple ingredients. No need for an ice cream maker or concerns about raw egg yolks, as neither are required. The secret ingredient, marshmallow, can guarantee an exceptionally creamy texture for our homemade matcha ice cream! 🍦 And don’t forget to pair this delightful matcha ice cream with our homemade ice cream cones (click to see my waffle cone recipe), making this treat truly extraordinary!
  • Mochi Donuts (Sakura & Strawberry Flavors)
    Recently, I’ve been so obsessed with making sakura🌸 and strawberry🍓-flavored mochi donuts, and they’ve become my go-to dessert during the weekend. These lovely donut rings, resembling pink flowers, boast a unique texture that combines chewy mochi with airy donuts. Surprisingly, making mochi donuts is way less complicated compared to traditional mochi or donut recipes. There’s no need for kneading or proofing. Instead, you’ll just mix the dry and wet ingredients, then pipe the dough into small circles, forming beautiful flower-shaped donut rings on parchment paper.
  • Edible Crystals (Kohakutou Clusters)
    Edible crystals, or kohakutou (琥珀糖), is a beloved traditional Japanese snack made from agar agar. With just three simple ingredients and a silicone mold, you can produce a large sheet of heart-shaped or mineral cluster-shaped edible crystals without breaking the bank, all for under $5.
  • Cute 3D Cat Latte (milk foam latte art)
    Have you ever come across those adorable pictures of 3D cat latte art that people share when they visit Japan? It’s fascinating how baristas in Tokyo’s cafes can skillfully create charming cat designs on the surface of a latte using milk foam. This recipe shows you how to make super cute jiggly wiggly 3D cat latte art right in your own kitchen, using a handheld frother. Within just 15 minutes, you’ll be able to create your own Japanese 3D cat latte, with these cute little kittens sitting on top of your coffee, melting your heart.
  • Strawberry Daifuku (strawberry mochi with cream filling)
    This strawberry daifuku recipe combines the chewy and soft mochi skin, the sweet and tangy fresh strawberries, and the smooth and rich cream cheese filling. You can make adorable pillow-shaped daifuku even without a mochi mold. Follow along as we guide you through the process of creating these delightful treats, step by step.
  • Dorayaki (Red Bean & Mochi Filling)
    Our dorayaki consists of sweet, fluffy pancakes filled with a creamy red bean paste and a chewy gooey mochi filling. This easy-to-follow recipe includes instructions on how to make the perfect pancake batter, how to prepare the mochi filling, and how to assemble the final product. So get ready to impress your family and friends with this delightful and satisfying dessert!
  • Yaki Onigiri (with spam & cheese filling)
    Looking for a quick and easy way to make delicious yaki onigiri at home? Try this grilled onigiri recipe with fried spam and melting cheese filling! With a crispy exterior and a warm, gooey filling, this yaki onigiri is a perfect option for a light lunch or snack. In this recipe, let me show you how to make this mouth-drooling Japanese snack with just a few simple ingredients but in very detailed steps. First of all, let’s cook some perfect rice!
  • How to Cook Rice – instant pot, on stove, in microwave (3 Methods)
    In this post, we will show you how to cook rice in 3 easy methods: in an instant pot, on the stove, and in the microwave. Each method has its own advantages and disadvantages, but all three are simple and straightforward. By the end of this post, you’ll have the confidence to cook rice perfectly every time, no matter which method you choose!
  • Lemon Honey Teriyaki Chicken Thighs
    This lemon honey teriyaki chicken thighs recipe is an oil-free delicious and healthy twist on the classic teriyaki chicken dish. The combination of sour lemon and sweet honey creates a perfectly balanced and refreshing taste. Whether served hot or cold, these lemon honey chicken thighs are delicious and make a great option for a quick weeknight dinner or a packed workday lunch bento.
  • Instant Miso Soup Cubes (ready to drink in 30 seconds)
    Tired of the same old boring lunch options? Elevate your lunch game with this Instant Miso Soup Recipe that’s perfect for your bento box! With the convenience of grab-and-go miso soup cubes, you can enjoy a warm and nourishing bowl of miso soup anytime, anywhere. This recipe takes only a few minutes to prepare and yields perfectly portioned cubes that can be stored in the freezer until you’re ready to enjoy them. Simply add hot water to a cube and in just 30 seconds, you’ll have a delicious, homemade miso soup to add some variety and comfort to your lunch routine.
  • Ice Cube Tray Sushi
    If you’re struggling with the difficulty and messiness of rolling and slicing sushi without it falling apart, follow this recipe to make sushi cubes with an ice cube tray. It is a creative and easy way to make adorable bite-sized sushi that is perfect for a lunch bento or snack.
  • How to Make Natto
    This recipe introduce 2 simple methods of how to make natto at home. By following these methods, you can create your own delicious and nutritious batch of natto using a dash of natto starter or some leftover store-bought natto.
  • Dango Tanghulu
    Tanghulu is a popular Chinese street food made by skewering fresh fruits and dipping them in a hot sugar syrup. Dango is a traditional Japanese rice ball made from glutinous rice flour. When we combine these two treats, we will get “dango tanghulu”: chewy puppy-shape dangos coated with a sweet and crunchy tanghulu coating.
  • Japanese Rice Cakes – Homemade Rice Cakes from Scratch
    This recipe teaches us how to easily make Korean and Japanese rice cakes with 3 simple ingredients: white rice, water, and butter. Homemade rice cakes are so chewy and delicious. They are perfect for making tteokbokki (Korean spicy rice cakes), tteokguk (Korean rice cake soup), yaki mochi (grilled Japanese rice cake), and zenzai (red bean soup with mochi).
  • Persimmon Mochi
    Persimmon mochi has a soft, sticky, and chewy mochi skin with a sweet jelly-like persimmon filling. Decorated with a real persimmon leaf, this mochi looks just like a real persimmon! Soft and juicy hachiya persimmon is the best choice for making persimmon mochi. When fully ripened, hachiya persimmons turn soft, mushy, and sweet like honey jelly. You can dig out its flesh with a spoon, and use it directly as the persimmon mochi’s filling.
  • Japanese Milk Bread (Hokkaido Milk Bread ) Recipe
    This recipe teaches us how to make the most authentic, softest, and fluffiest Japanese Milk Bread at home. The pre-fermented dough (biga) in this recipe can bring an extra rich flavor and fluffy texture to your Japanese milk bread. And the pre-fermented method saves you much time on the second day, so that you will be able to make this warm and soft bread after you get home from work or school.
  • Raindrop Cake – Strawberry & Cherry blossom filling
    Pop the balloon and enjoy this purely beautiful raindrop cake filled with cherry blossoms and strawberries. You can easily make this vegan low-calorie traditional Japanese dessert at home with agar agar powder or gelatin powder. Pairing with brown sugar syrup and roasted soybean powder, this jiggly ball is going to melt in your mouth like a refreshing and sweet raindrop.
  • Kohakutou (Japanese crystal candy)
    This kohakutou recipe teaches you how to make popular Japanese crystal candies with agar agar powder, water, and sugar. You can also substitute water with juice, tea, coffee, or alcohol to make your homemade kohahutou candies colorful and flavorful.
  • Chestnut Cream Cake Roll (Mont Blanc Cake)
    Chestnut Cream Cake Roll (or Mont Blanc cake roll) is a pastry topped with spaghetti-like chestnut paste cream. Different from French Mont Blanc cake who usually has a hard meringue or biscuit bottom, Japanese-style chestnut cream cake always has a soft and fluffy chiffon cake bottom.
  • Japanese Roll Cake – Chiffon Sheet Cake
    Roll up a sheet of soft and fluffy chiffon cake with some whipped vanilla cream filling. This is how you easily make this super basic but extra delicious vanilla roll cake. Starting from this basic roll cake, you will be able to make so many different styles and flavors of cakes by adding different types of decorations. Check out my chestnut cream cake recipe for a hint!
  • Pan Roasted Chestnuts (with Butter and Sugar)
    Roasted chestnuts are one of the signature flavors of autumn in so many countries around the world. This recipe teaches us how to simply roast chestnuts with butter and sugar using a frying pan. An easy trick to avoid dry and hard chestnuts is roasting them in water!
  • Pumpkin Mochi – Baked, Vegan, Gluten-free Fall Dessert Recipe
    Chewy, warm, sweet pumpkin mochi filled with molten brown sugar filling or melted cheese filling. This easy baked pumpkin mochi recipe can help you to use up all the leftover from your Halloween pumpkin carving. Enjoy them warm with a cup of hot tea! Hope you relax this fall.
  • Japanese Chicken Curry Recipe {One Pot, 40 Minutes, Water Free}
    This Japanese chicken curry only takes you 40 minutes to make. Then you will get your weekend family meal ready. Plus your Monday lunch bento~ Enjoy the tender chicken, mushy carrots and potatoes, and the rich and creamy Japanese style curry sauce over your hot steamed rice.
  • Soy Sauce Eggs – Marinate with Cola
    Soy sauce eggs marinated with jalapeño, onion, green onion, garlic cloves, sesame seeds, light soy sauce, and cola. Cola, which is used here to substitute the sugar and mirin in traditional shoyu egg recipes, gives our soy sauce eggs a sweet citrus taste and a shiny amber color.
  • Salmon Rice Bowl (10-minute seared salmon sushi recipe)
    If you like seared salmon sushi (aburi salmon) at sushi bar, you are going to love this easy and fancy 10 minute salmon rice bowl. Sear the fresh salmon slices with a blowtorch, enjoy the sizzling sound, the lightly caramelized sauce, the custard like hot spring egg, and the just-right cooked salmon that melt in your mouth.
  • Peach Mochi (Daifuku with peach jam filling)
    In this recipe I will show you how to easily make classic Thai style mango sticky rice with REGULAR RICE and a RICE COOKER. Freshly cooked rice soaked in sweet and creamy coconut milk, paired with sweet and juicy mangoes, this dessert-like main dish could be your most refreshing and appetizing summer dish.
  • Omurice (Japanese Omelet Rice)
    Omurice or omelet rice is fried rice wrapped in fluffy scrambled eggs. To serve, slice the omelet lengthwise, gently open it up like opening up a book, and allow the fluffy scrambled egg inside to bloom. It’s common for Japanese moms to season the fried rice with some ketchup to make it sweet and sour, so that the kids will like them better.
  • Tricolor Dango Recipe
    This sweet and pretty tricolor dango (or Hanami Dango) is made by mixing edible sakura flowers and matcha powder into the rice flour dough and shaping it into bite-size balls. Did you know why we have to eat tricolor dango in the order of pink, white, then green? Do you know the best ratio of glutinous rice flour and regular rice flour? Check it out here today!
  • Warabi Mochi – vegan, gluten free recipe
    This chewy, soft, sweet, and jiggly warabi mochi could be the easiest Japanese mochi you can make at home. You will only need 3 ingredients to make the mochi cake: water, sugar, and warabi starch. Paired with our homemade brown sugar syrup and the classic roasted soybean powder, this 15-minute dessert can take your taste buds on a quick trip to Japan.
  • Rainbow Crepe Cake
    This beautiful seven-color rainbow crepe cake is made of 35 layers of crepes and cream! The fresh strawberries, blueberries, and matcha powder in this recipe not only bring the mille crepe cake the dreamy colors, but also contribute pleasant natural fruit/tea flavors and aromas. Remember to prepare a damp towel by your fry pan before you start~
  • Cherry Blossom Tamagoyaki (Japanese Omelette)
    This Cherry Blossom Tamagoyaki could be the most beautiful Japanese Omelette you’ve ever seen! Simply separate egg whites and egg yolks, you can make a special white tamagoyaki decorated with pink lovely ham cherry blossoms. Pack up some in a bento box. It’s time for a springtime picnic under the blossoming cherry trees!
  • Japanese Egg Tofu (Tamago Tofu) in Teriyaki Sauce
    Japanese Egg Tofu, also known as Tamago Tofu, is made from egg and dashi (Japanese soup stock). It tastes like silken tofu without the bean taste, since there’s no soybean used in making Japanese egg tofu. In this recipe, we are going to wrap the Japanese egg tofu with sushi nori, pan fry it until golden, then coat it with sweet and savory teriyaki sauce. It’s going to be a healthy, beautiful and flavorful dish which goes perfectly with white rice.
  • Air Fryer Chicken Thighs Recipe – Oil free, Juicy & Crispy
    These air fryer chicken thighs are so crispy outside and juicy inside! Marinated in cumin, pepper, soy sauce seasoned milk for 2 hours, the chicken thighs turn out to be so tender and flavorful. This recipe enables you to make the perfectly crispy fried chicken thighs with an air fryer, or even just a regular oven – Not a single drop of oil is needed!
  • Japanese Fried Chicken (karaage) Recipe
    This recipe teaches us how to make restaurant-quality Japanese Fried Chicken (karaage 唐揚げ) at home. The karaage chicken meat is juicy, tender, and flavorful, after marinated with ginger, onion, garlic, soy sauce, cooking wine, and sugar for 1 hour. And the crust is extra crispy after the double frying technique.
  • Chocolate Mochi Recipe
    Take a bite through this soft, sticky, and chewy cocoa flavor mochi skin, some rich and smooth chocolate cream will melt in your mouth, following by some silky dark chocolate ganache, and surprisingly some chewy “naughty” boba pearls!
  • Korean Pickled Radish (Danmuji) Recipe
    Do you enjoy that pickled radish in your favorite Japanese or Korean restaurant? I bet you will be surprised by how easy it is to make authentic Korean pickled radish at home! With this recipe, everyone will be able to make these golden yellow, healthy, crunchy, and refreshing radish pickles within 45 minutes!
  • Strawberry Mochi Recipe
    Top 3 things people have been asking me to make: 1. something pink; 2. something with strawberries; 3. mochi! This recipe teaches you how to make pinky strawberry mochi with the BEST look and taste! By kneading butter to the mochi dough, these strawberry mochi can be stored in the freezer and stay soft and chewy for a week!
  • Japanese Butter Rice
    Japanese butter rice was my very first Tiktok video that went viral! I think it’s because this dish is incredibly delicious and unbelievably easy to make. It has been almost a year since I posted this video, and people are still leaving comments telling me that they have been eating Japanese butter rice EVERY SINGLE DAY since then!
  • Japanese Soufflé Pancakes
    These cute little airy fluffy Japanese Soufflé Pancakes literarily melt in your mouth like a marshmallow could. All you need to make these delicate fancy pancakes is a hand mixer and a nonstick frying pan. I have made these pancakes so many times at home, now I’m able to cook them within 20 minutes. Let’s see if you can beat my timer~
  • Yuzu Salt Recipe
    Simply microwave pomelo/grapefruit peels for 5 minutes to get homemade refreshing homemade yuzu salt. Easiest method ever! Yuzu is a Japanese citrus lemon. What makes this fruit so special is that it is able to maintain a special citrus flavor and fragrance under high cooking temperatures.

30 Comments

  1. I’m trying to find the amount of milk you put in your milk cake you made 10 months ago and that’s one of the recipes I can make and little side note I’m just 13 🥹 that’s all I need to know and I love your channel soooo much. (I wanna make this for my grandma’s birthday 🤫)
    Thank you~

    1. 500g milk. Thanks for liking my channel! Sorry I just saw your comment. Hope your grandma had a wonderful birthday!!
      The ingredient list: 60g cornstarch, 2 egg yolks, 500g milk, 45g sugar, 1-2 slices of mozzarella cheese (optional). Boil and stir all the ingredients in a pot over medium heat for about 10 minutes until they turn thick. Rub the container with some neutral oil so the cake can be unmolded easier. Transfer to the container, wrap with food wrap, keep in the fridge for 4 hours to over night. Sprinkle some milk powder or coconut flakes over the top to make it looks and tastes better.

      1. Hi Ms shi and Mr he I really love your videos, my daughter
        Loves your cooking ,I just want to ask where did You get
        Bibigo dumplings and fried chicken well are they also in dubai
        Thank You so much

  2. I love your cooking so much Mrs. Shi! I watch your youtube shorts all the time! They all look so delicious! You are an amazing cook! <33 I hope to make more in the future, I´ve tried to make your mochi but I failed. I´ll work better on it

  3. Please may you tell me where I can find your strawberry popping boba recipe with the measurements of the ingredients. I follow you on YouTube and like all you videos. 🙂

  4. Can I please know the recipe of okonomiyaki you made in your YouTube shorts i really want to find the recipe you guys made that recipe looks good.❤️

  5. I thought you had a recipe for Sakura mochi?, I saw one in you Instagram channel that you had already made but no Recipe

  6. Your recipes are very good but I don’t have glutinous rice flour 🥲
    I wanna make mochis but I don’t know how to make them(I am french and I am 12 years old so I don’t know if I write the good words 😁).

    1. Here Are Some Alternatives To Glutinous Rice Flour! Your Welcome! ^^

      Cornstarch
      Potato Starch
      Tapioca Flour
      All-Purpose Flour
      Sorghum Flour
      Coconut Flour
      Almond Flour
      Millet Flour

  7. ms shi, you made a yt short about okomiyaki for your husband after he made you mad, but i can’t find a recipe for it 🙁 can you help me? it looked super delicious!

  8. Hi Ms. Shi! I love your channel so much! We tried your lemon pound cake recipe and it was so delicious! I had one question though, can you make tangulu with corn syrup?

  9. I used your strawberry mochi recipe and it turned out great. I was a beginner but when i followed your instructions, it turned out amazing and tasted so yummy! 100% will use your recipes!

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