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Anyone else notice pictures from iPhone get a bluish tint and contrast reduction here? Maybe the newer phones shooting HDR?

Nikujaga is an unpretentious Japanese-western fusion dish- literally just standard meat and potato stew with japanese seasoning plus some meme noodles thrown in.

I had this made for me and it was so good that I tried making it a couple weeks later. The base recipe is pretty okay and it's easy for anyone to make, but here are some modifications and notes if you do try making it:

• Non-negotiable: imo the base recipe without bonito stock/katsuo dashi is a overly-sweet stew; the reason I liked it initially is because of the subtle smokiness imparted by katsuobushi (dried tuna flakes). If you do make it, add a packet of katsuo dashi and/or use a liquid stock like so in replacement of the soy sauce (if you do use liquid stock then add soy sauce to taste if the stew isn't strong enough and cut back on the sugar- I learned my lesson with the sugar). The liquid stock is actually really good for making things taste like authentic sugoi nipponesu food. I added both the liquid stock and a packet of dashi to mine (I think the person who made it for me did the same), but if you use the liquid stock, you can decide whether or not to add a dashi packet far into the cooking process based on whether you want the stew to taste more bonito-y.

• Next time I'll add smaller amounts of sugar gradually instead of stirring a tbsp+ into the sake/mirin/soy sauce mixture, or omit the sugar entirely. The base recipe is very sweet for western tastes and doubly so if you're using a liquid stock.

• Try to get shirataki noodles/konnyaku noodles in little knots/bundles like so. The western italianx pasta-replacement ones will probably ruin the texture and you may as well omit them entirely.

• This recipe was made with thin-sliced pork belly in mind; if you're using thick (i.e. superior) slices then you should cut them into chunks and braise them in the stipulated amount of water (with a dashi packet if using) for about an hour to make it tender, then add everything else (sauté the vegetables as instructed in the recipe on a separate pan and throw them in with the rest of the ingredients) and simmer until the potatoes are cooked to your liking. If you do it this way, you may need to top off the water at some point since more cook time = more evaporation.

• Letting the potato overcook a bit and thicken the broth really furthers the comfort food sensation imo. I used some less floury spare potatoes in my attempt and it's not as good.

• A small pot apparently works fine for the proportions in the base recipe. I only used a large pot because I doubled the servings.

• I haven't tried it yet, but apparently it's standard to add a curry brick to the leftovers.

edit: The original recipe is:

Ingredients

1. 12 oz (2 packages) shirataki noodles or fresh ramen noobles

2. 1/3 cup soy sauce

3. 1/3 cup mirin

4. 1/3 cup sake

5. 1 tbsp + 1 tsp sugar

6. 2 tsp vegetable oil

7. 8 oz thinly sliced pork belly

8. 1 medium onion, sliced thin

9. 2 large yukon gold potatoes, peeled and cut into bite-sized pieces

10. 2 medium carrots, sliced into 1/2 in pieces

Steps

1. if using shirataki noodles rinse them in a colander, bring some water to a boil, then pour over the noobles to get rid of the weird smell

2. combine the soy sauce, mirin, sake, and sugar in a bowl along with 2.5 cups water; whisk to dissolve the sugar

3. heat a large pot over medium-high heat, then add vegetable oil. add pork belly and cook until the fat has rendered (don't wait for the fat to render if you're using thick-cut i.e. superior slices, just brown them), about 4 mins

4. add onion and cook until they soften, about 4 mins, then add carrot and potato and cook for another 3 mins.

5. pour the mixture in the bowl into the pot, add the shirataki noodles if using, turn the heat to medium-low, and simmer for about 20 mins or until the potatoes are cooked through

6. if using fresh ramen instead, add them to the pot about 3 mins before serving

7. serve

i need to make 2 13x9 pans of potato salad for this potluck barbecue i'm going to and all google search results are SEO AI garbage that don't ANSWER my FRICKING QUESTION . please just tell me how many pounds of potatoes i should use. i haven't made potato salad for like 10 years because i'm anapilled

also give me good recipes. i'm thinking about doing one pan of curried potato salad and one pan of regular potato salad for !bumpkins who think turmeric is too spicy

give me some suggestions for what food to seal, ala this https://rdrama.net/h/food/post/221873/an-epic-tale-of-mcds-burgers

edit: i mean more like meme foods to seal btw

If this isnt the right flair to post food, or if food is a reference to something i dont get, please let me know so i can delete/alter post. Thank you. : )

I refuse to make pizza without it from now on

I have a confession to make. I watch cooking youtubers. I'm sorry, I understand if you block me after having admitted that. I made the thing from this video:

I like Sam the Cooking Guy. He's funny. He posts almost every day because he's a sperg (also because I believe he's the #1 cooking youtube guy right now). You have to take his reactions with a grain of salt. He will make a salisbury steak or something and act like he's jizzing in his pants on camera because it's so good. It probably isn't really that good. This recipe is pretty good, though.

I did everything as described in his recipe link, except for two things. I followed the directions for my rice cooker instead of whatever he said, and I omitted his sauce, because it seemed unnecessary. There were already green onions, garlic, and ginger in the rice. I didn't see a good reason to put a sauce made out of mostly just those same 3 ingredients on top. I just squirted this (awesome) crap all over it instead:

This was a good recipe. It was extremely low effort, and it was very good. I barely spent any time in the kitchen at all. Highly recommended.

PS: sorry about the weird blur, I guess Samsung was feeling artsy today.

You can add 3 euro and buy a Big Mac at this point

Do we act like this?! pic.twitter.com/4NIUoGU9sH

— Copyrite (@Copyrite) July 21, 2023

Its over for race relations 23.

The guy who tarnished the tendie Halls actually makes some good butt looking food, and https://old.reddit.com/u/Doggo-Lovato/submitted

shout out /u/Doggo-Lovato this turned from REEEE to REEspect

I never eaten vegan shit, is it eatable ? I mean if it's not like disgusting mb I'll buy tomorrow vegan burger in McDonald's

This was actually stupidly good. If you've never made confit garlic make it immediately.

@Penny

ty @DrDoctorMD for the sauce idea

The sauce i ended up going with was gochujang, soy sauce, maple syrup, sesame oil, butter, garlic, ginger, and rice vinegar, and it was phenomenal. Smoky, sweet, tangy, honestly something I'd expect to find at a legit wing place.

I was really impressed with the air fried wings. Once they're sauced I'm not sure I'd be able to tell them apart from deep fried wings side by side.

The fries are just frozen slop nothing special.

All hand mixed due to lack of power tools. Whipping frosting with a hand whisk is an absolute b-word

Frosting was the choice of cake recipient, I'm a plain jam kind of gyaldem when I do it for myself

I am apparently not great at smoothing frosting with a small butter knife but god gives his toughest battles to his strongest soldiers so

Secret ingredient is light brown sugar to make it blend better with the cocoa and peanut butter notes in the frosting

Tuna, yuzu, kosho, toasted sesame seed, tamari, onion, scallion, peach for the poke with baby spring mix and basmati bc Im out if short grain, topped with Kanzuri black garlic.

Edit: jesus christ for all of you not getting the title, if I wanted to make something to post I would have made it presentable. I just saw the pizza post and had to post.

https://rdrama.net/h/food/post/191237/quick-meal-i-tossed-together-while