Japanese meat and soya bean dishes
Meat was not typical for Japanese cuisine and became common only since the second half of the 19th century. Today there are great many varieties of Japanese meat dishes.
Yakitori are grilled chicken pieces on spits. Most parts of the chicken can be used for this dish.
Tonkatsu are well fried pork cutlets. This dish is usually served with shredded cabbage or together with cooked rice.
One more popular home made dish made of meat and potatoes is called Nikujaga.
Well-known Japanese dishes tofu, natto, miso and some more important ingredients of national cooking are made of soya beans.
Here are some of the most popular soya bean dishes:
Yudofu are tofu pieces boiled in a clear, mild soup and dipped into a soya based sauce before serving.
Agedashi Tofu is a dish made of deep fried tofu pieces that are dipped into a soya sauce also before serving.
Miso soup is a dish, which is often served as an additional dish for breakfast, lunch and dinner. It is cooked by dissolving miso paste in hot water and adding additional ingredients, for example, wakame seaweed and small pieces of tofu.