Japanese recipes for begginer cook?

I'd thought I do something sweet for my boyfriend and make him his favorite food which is Japanese. We never get to eat it since its so expensive so I thought I'd cook it. I'm a begginer cook so difficult recipes please or any great websites would be appreciated. Thank you in advanced. Also, congratulations to all those who answered this question for the 2 points.Japanese recipes for begginer cook?
Well, you are a great girlfriend.





Some of my favorite Japanese dishes are Curry and Katsu-don (fried chicken cutlets, but you could use pork) on a bed of rice. And what could be better, than to combine these two dishes into one. A flavorful curry with crisp juicy chicken is heavenly. And they take very little time to prepare, and very little ingredients, and it's fool proof.





Here's a Katsu recipe that's similar to mines.


http://allrecipes.com/recipe/chicken-kat鈥?/a>





The curry? Just break off three pieces of curry cubes into 3 cups of water, heat until thick. If you want to add vegetables, add a couple frozen vegetable mix (like Birdseye peas, carrots, and corn). http://www.quickspice.com/scstore/images鈥?/a>





If you want to use the ready made packs that has the vegetables in it, just throw the whole bag into a pot of boiling water for several minutes and pour over the katsu. https://ssl1.lon.gb.securedata.net/japan鈥?/a>





Serve with rice. Uncle Ben's is perfectly fine.





Here's a picture of the final product.


http://heartlandblog.jp/blog/katsu%20cur鈥?/a>Japanese recipes for begginer cook?
How about Tatsuta-age (Japanese style fried chicken?).





This one is easy and delicious.





1. Cut chicken breasts into bite-sized pieces.


2. Put the chicken pieces in a large bowl.


3. Pour in equal parts soy sauce and sake (white rice wine).


4. Let marinate for 10-20 minutes.


5. Pour about 1/2-inch potato starch into a gallon freezer bag.


6. Pour oil into a deep frier pot (until oil is about 3 inches deep).


7. Heat oil on medium high heat. Wait for oil to start ';roiling';.


8. Using long wooden chop sticks, put about 12 marinated pieces of chicken into the freezer bag.


9. Shake the freezer bag until the chicken is evenly coated.


10. Using long wooden chop sticks, put each coated piece into the oil.


11. Wait until the chicken floats to the top.


12. Remove from the oil with another pair of long wooden chopsticks.


13. Place chicken on a drainer pan (or plate with many paper towels to absorb the oil).


14. Repeat.





Serve with white rice and salad (with Pietro (Japanese) dressing).





You can substitute long pairs of tongs for chopsticks, if you wish.
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chicken or beef teriyaki- you can probably find the recipe- or just buy teriyaki sauce to marinate the meat in.
You need:





- rice


- egg





Wash the rice grains. You probably won't need more than 1 1/2 cups (the little cups...) for two people. Add as much water as there is rice, pop the stuff into the rice cooker. Wait for it to be done.





When it's done, serve the rice in bowls. Crack an egg ontop of each bowl of rice and you're doneee~





This is very common among Japanese families. It's quick and easy~ you could of course always add side dishes.
Where are you from?





You could try and get some just-add-water sachets of miso soup.





Tempura is quite easy to make.


INGREDIENTS:


1 egg


1 cup ice water


1 cup all purpose flour


PREPARATION:


Beat an egg in a bowl. Add ice water in the bowl.*Be sure to use very cold water. Add flour in the bowl and mix lightly. *Do not overmix the batter.


TO COOK:


Use sliced capsicum, eggplant, carrot, sweet potato, zuchini and prawns (shrimp)


Dip vegies and/or prawns in the batter and deep fry until crisp.


Serve on rice with Miso soup.





the recipes here:


http://japanesefood.about.com/library/re鈥?/a>


all seem quite simple.





~bon appitite!~