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🇯🇵 Traditional dishes from Japan

3 dishes people actually cook in Japan: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Oyakodon

25 min · easy · 9 ingredients

Oyakodon, a traditional dish from Japan

Chicken and egg over rice, barely set.

  • 300 g chicken thighs, boneless
  • 4 eggs
  • 1 onion
  • 2 spring onions
  • 200 ml dashi stock
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp mirin
  • 1 tbsp caster sugar
  • 300 g short-grain rice

Tonjiru

40 min · easy · 8 ingredients

Tonjiru, a traditional dish from Japan

Pork and root vegetables in cloudy miso.

  • 250 g pork belly, thin sliced
  • 300 g daikon
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 burdock root
  • 1200 ml dashi stock
  • 4 tbsp miso paste
  • 2 spring onions
  • 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil

Okonomiyaki

35 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Okonomiyaki, a traditional dish from Japan

A cabbage pancake you build yourself.

  • 400 g white cabbage
  • 120 g plain flour
  • 2 eggs
  • 100 ml dashi stock
  • 150 g pork belly, thin sliced
  • 3 tbsp okonomiyaki or brown sauce
  • 2 tbsp mayonnaise
  • 5 g bonito flakes

What do people eat in Japan?

The three dishes from Japan documented in Copper are Oyakodon, Tonjiru and Okonomiyaki. Dashi stock and eggs each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 20 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Japan?

The three recipes need 20 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Dashi stock and pork belly, thin sliced are the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 3 use dashi stock and 2 use pork belly, thin sliced. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Japan take?

Oyakodon is the quickest at 25 minutes. Tonjiru is the longest at 40 minutes. The median is 35 minutes — a weeknight, not a project.

Which dish from Japan is easiest to make at home?

Oyakodon and Tonjiru are rated easy — start there. The full method is on each recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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