This Keto-friendly Smoked Salmon Maki appetizer wraps nori, egg salad, and red peppers in smoked salmon to make rice-less ‘sushi’ rolls.
The rolls were inspired by a drive to create some rice-less ‘sushi’ type preparations for those following low-carb diets. They use very thin slices of Smoked Salmon to wrap nori sheets, which in turn enclose egg-salad made with Japanese Mayonnaise, and strips of red bell pepper.
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Simmered Enoki are extremely easy to prepare and make a terrific side-dish for rice. They keep for days and are handy to have on hand.
There are many ways to prepare Simmered Enoki Mushrooms. The recipe here is derived from the basic Japanese traditional method for making this dish, but it adds a few twists. Chinese Rice Wine replaces the more common Mirin, and butter replaces the more common cooking oil for a nice depth of flavor and richness…
Agedashi Tofu is a Japanese classic featuring fried cubes of tofu braised in a Dashi-based broth, here enhanced with Soy Sauce and Mirin.
An Agemono dish in Japanese cookery is one in which the main ingredient is deep-fried. Age dofu (or tofu) is any preparation of deep-fried tofu, while Agedashi Tofu is cubes of the fried bean curd served in a dashi-based sauce. Here, as is often the case, the sauce is essentially a Kakejiru (or dashi, soy, mirin blend) lightly thickened with cornstarch.
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Broccolini with Sesame Miso Dressing is inspired by a common Japanese way of dressing spinach and other cold greens. Simple yet great.
The basic dressing in question is made by toasting sesame seeds then grinding them to a paste along with a little sugar and mirin, sake and soy sauce, but, here, I have made a few twists on the classic theme.
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