So, although beef was not a well-known ingredient in mostly vegetarian Japan, dishes like nikujaga and the simmered hot-pot ...

Although “nikujaga” (literally “meat and potato”) hot pot is a staple dish on the dinner table, it features many ingredients and is more difficult to simmer evenly than expected.

In this week's recipe for “nikujaga” (meat and potatoes stewed in soy sauce-based dashi stock), a staple in Japanese cooking, we're going to use nutmeg, fennel and bay leaf. The aroma of ...

Season 5-12 Dry Nikujaga Bento & Colorful Shumai Bento Maki uses corn kernels and edamame to wrap shumai. And from London, a bento maker whose popularity is symbolic of the rise in vegan cuisine.