Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 2 hours 15 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 30 minutes Quick Ingredients 2.5 lb (1.1 kg) skin-on pork belly, cut into 2-inch chunks 3/4 cup shoyu (soy sauce) 3/4 cup sake (or awamori) 1 cup water or dashi 1/2 cup packed light […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 24 mochi balls (about 8 servings) Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes Total Time: 35 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 cup (240 g) fresh poi, room temp 3/4 cup (180 ml) unsweetened full-fat coconut milk 1 1/4 cups (175 g) mochiko (sweet rice flour), plus 2–4 tbsp (15–30 g) […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 64 bite-size squares (about 16 servings) Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 60 minutes Total Time: 3 hours (includes cooling) Quick Ingredients 1 lb (16 oz/454 g) mochiko sweet rice flour 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar 1/2 tsp fine sea salt 1 can (13.5 fl oz/400 ml) full-fat coconut […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 30 minutes Quick Ingredients 20 oz fresh thin egg noodles or saimin (or 12 oz dried egg noodles) 8 oz char siu (Chinese BBQ pork), thinly sliced 3 cups mung bean sprouts 4 green onions, thinly sliced 5 […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 6 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 1 hour 45 minutes Total Time: 2 hours 5 minutes Quick Ingredients 3 lb pork spareribs, cut between bones into 2–3 inch pieces 1 tbsp neutral oil 1/2 cup shoyu (soy sauce) 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar 1/2 cup rice vinegar […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 10 minutes Cook Time: 15 minutes Total Time: 25 minutes Quick Ingredients 4 cups day-old cooked medium-grain white rice, chilled 1 (12 oz) can Spam, diced 1/2 inch 1 cup napa cabbage kimchi, chopped, plus 3 tbsp kimchi juice 3 cloves garlic, minced 4 green onions, […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 0 minutes (30 minutes chill) Total Time: 50 minutes Quick Ingredients 1 lb (450 g) cooked octopus tentacles, well chilled 2 tbsp shoyu (soy sauce) 1 tbsp toasted sesame oil 1 tsp rice vinegar 1/2 tsp sugar 1/4 tsp kosher salt, plus […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 8 servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 5 hours (oven) or 9 hours (slow cooker) Total Time: 5 hours 30 minutes (oven) or 9 hours 30 minutes (slow cooker) Quick Ingredients 4.5–5 lb bone-in turkey thighs or drumsticks 2 tbsp coarse Hawaiian sea salt (alaea) or coarse kosher salt […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 4 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes (plus 45 minutes marinating) Cook Time: 20 minutes (boneless) or 30–35 minutes (bone-in) Total Time: About 1 hour 25 minutes (boneless) to 1 hour 40 minutes (bone-in) Quick Ingredients 2 lb chicken thighs (boneless skin-on or bone-in skin-on) 1/3 cup white miso (shiro miso) […]

Quick Recipe Version (TL;DR) Yield: 1 loaf (10 slices) Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 55 to 65 minutes Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes Quick Ingredients 2 large ripe mangoes (about 2 cups prepared: 1 1/2 cups diced + 1/2 cup mashed) 2 cups (260 g) all-purpose flour, divided (reserve 1 tsp for tossing) […]