My Friday Recipes

11 February 2011 This recipe is a request of my husband. I let him choose from the Asian Favorites cookbook of our friend and he pointed out this Chicken Yakitori. Sounds very Japanese to us. Well, this is supposed to be a finger food as directed in the book, but I made it as a dinner dish. So here goes the Chicken Yakitori for the second Friday of February: Ingredients: 1 lb chicken breasts sliced lengthwise *for marinade: 1/2 cup teriyaki sauce 1/4 cup honey 1 garlic clove, crushed 1/2 tsp ginger, ground oil for greasing Steps: 1. Marinade the chicken breasts with the teriyaki sauce, honey, garlic and ginger overnight. 2. Heat barbecue grill or electric grill and grease lightly with oil. 3. Place the chicken in a row and cook for 2 minutes on each side, brushing with marinade as they cook, and when turned. 4. Wait until chicken is golden brown or well done and serve with rice. Dinner is served.

4 February 2011 I should have cooked this recipe for the last Friday of January, in which you will notice I was not able to post anything because my husband and I ate dinner at my in-laws. So to start the first Friday of February, I pursued my desire to cook one of my favorite Japanese dishes--Beef Misono. Thanks to the power of the web, I searched over the internet and found this recipe. And yes, I am fully satisfied that it tastes like from my favorite Japanese restaurant. So here's my Beef Misono for dinner: Ingredients: 1. For the Beef Misono: 500g beef sirloin, sliced thinly 2 cloves minced garlic 1 tbsp vegetable oil 3 tbsp butter 3 tbsp Kikoman soy sauce salt and pepper 2. For the side dish: Bean sprouts Carrots sliced in match sticks Cabbage sliced in match sticks 3 cloves minced garlic 1 minced white onion 2 tbsp vegetable oil 1 tbsp butter 3 tbsp water 2 tsp sesame oil salt and pepper Steps: 1. Season beef sirloin with salt and pepper. 2. Hea