Japanese

Ready-made tempura dipping sauce is available from most Asian grocers. Note

Nail the trendiest meal of the moment with this ginger salmon poke bowl recipe. Fresh, fast and healthy, this Hawaiian-inspired dish makes a delicious gluten and dairy-free lunch or light dinner

This has been a long-standing favourite meal in My Food Bag’s Family and Classic Bags, and it's so delicious we're willing to bet it will become a favourite in your house too. What kid doesn’t like crumbed chicken?!

The flavour cocktail of saké, miso and butter mixed together then brushed over a beautiful cut of beef is nothing short of incredible. It’s worth hunting out these special ingredients because they will take any cut of steak from zero to hero.

This miso and lemon-glazed chicken with Japanese sesame spinach and avocado salad is just as good as it sounds. Whip it up in just 30 minutes for a healthy and delicious midweek dinner.

Lightly steamed, boiled, blanched, baked or pan-fried, asparagus is a true delicacy. SO make the most of the asparagus season and enjoy them in this deliciously filling salmon donburi

Get a taste of Japan at home with this delicious ramen noodle soup recipe. Rich in flavour and oh-so easy to create, this tasty dish the perfect thing to slurp up noisily on chilly nights

Enjoy rich and flavorful Japanese curry served with chicken katsu over a bed of rice. The crunchy texture with creamy sauce is simply irresistible and is the perfect budget-friendly midweek meal

Recreate this fab food fad in the comfort of your own kitchen with this miso and ginger marinated salmon poke bowl recipe. Serve with quinoa, broccolini and soft-boiled eggs for a healthy weeknight meal

Love sushi, hate rolling? This sushi sandwich recipe is a must-try! Pack with smoked salmon, avocado and spinach, then serve in triangles for a gluten and dairy-free lunchbox filler the kids will love

If you've never tried okonomiyaki before, this recipe is a great introduction to this popular savoury Japanese pancake. Easy and delicious, these little pancakes make the perfect fun family meal

This is Emma Galloway's take on the Japanese eggplant dish nasu-dengaku, where eggplants are roasted before being slathered in a miso-based paste and grilled to perfection. You'll love this recipe

Rotisserie chicken is the key to getting this dish on the dinner table quick smart! This chicken katsu recipe is packed with flavour and makes easy work of creating this Japanese classic at home.

Looking for a fast, fuss-free midweek meal? This beautifully flavoured Japanese crumbed pork bowls recipe ticks all the boxes. Plus it works out to only $4.08 per serve!

Add a Kiwi twist to a Japanese favourite with this kumara tempura recipe. Serve with a homemade dipping sauce spiked with lime, honey and ginger

Dinner doesn't get more delicious than this chicken teriyaki noodle bowl recipe. Packed with great Japanese flavours and on the table in less than an hour, this dish is a winner

There may well be some time investment here, but your efforts will be worth it. This teriyaki chicken sushi recipe is delicious and the filling makes it an extra nutritious snack

Ready in less than 30 minutes, this comforting miso broth recipe with chicken, barley and vegetables is great enjoyed for a simple yet comforting weeknight meal

Kakigori is a Japanese shaved ice dessert that's perfect for when you need to cool down on hot days. Try creating it yourself with this strawberry kakigori recipe

Filled with mouthwatering flavour, this delicious hock chew fried noodles recipe is perfect served for an easy weeknight meal that's ready in less than 30 minutes

Chicken karaage gets a healthy edge with this recipe. Serve with Japanese-style slaw and homemade miso mayo for a restaurant-worthy meal at home

Have a go making these healthy mini sushi rolls! This recipe is super easy and perfect for lunchboxes or party platters. Fill with your favourite ingredients and get rolling!

This 15-minute tuna and soba salad recipe is the ultimate speedy, healthy family meal. Packed with protein and drizzled with a zingy lemon and wasabi dressing, there's lots to love about this dish

Quick, healthy and delicious, this miso grilled terakihi donburi recipe ticks all the boxes for a weeknight meal. Serve with a cabbage and carrot salad topped with spring onions

Keen to cut down on those carbs? Try this delicious poke salmon bowl recipe. Packed with tonnes of healthy goodies like avocado, edamame, mango and of course, salmon - this bowl is a winner

Love sushi, hate rolling? This delicious prawn nori stack recipe is for you! Easy to make and packed with the wonderful Japanese flavours you know and love, this recipe is perfect for snacking or entertaining

Love sushi, hate rolling? This delicious salmon sushi bowl recipe was made for you! This tasty bowl is quick and easy to make and is perfect enjoyed for a delicious weeknight family meal

Filled with fantastic Asian-inspired ingredients, this delicious teriyaki and ginger meatballs recipe is great served with noodles and enjoyed for a flavoursome and easy midweek family meal

Savoury and nourishing, this ginger chicken soup recipe is quick and easy to make. It’s both cosy and cleansing and can be made gluten-free by using rice noodles, gluten-free stock and tamari in place of soy sauce

This quick recipe for Shanghai bok choy with basil is a great side dish that works well with a piece of fresh fish or grilled marinated meat. The quantity serves two but can be doubled or tripled

Give yourself a bold flavour kick along with a healthy serve of your five-a-day with this green beans recipe with garlic and ginger miso. Serve alongside grilled fish, chicken or meat

This recipe for Aloha meatballs combines Hawaiian favourites pork and pineapple into a comforting and easy midweek family meal. Serve with noodles and enjoy!

With some miso and dashi, a tasty bowl of chicken ramen soup is only minutes away

This fast and budget-friendly teriyaki noodle recipe makes dinner easy by using your choice of sausages to create quick and delicious meatballs

This teriyaki chicken recipe is a favourite from Takapuna's Blind Basket cafe in Auckland. Photography by Rachel Dobbs

This easy mixed mushroom ramen bowl recipe requires only 5 ingredients to produce a warming dinner that's ready in just 30 minutes

When you want sushi but don't have the time or patience for fiddly rolling, reach for this chicken recipe. Quick, easy and featuring all the great flavours and ingredients of sushi

This miso-glazed monkfish is paired with sesame rice and spring onion to create the ultimate Japanese-inspired, gluten-free recipe. Serve with steamed edamame to perfect the meal

Sticky and flavourful, this delicious Japanese-inspired recipe uses budget-friendly chicken thighs. A surefire hit at the dinner table!

A Japanese pancake recipe that will become a firm favourite - topped with hot-smoked salmon and wasabi mayo

This vegetarian noodle dish combines udon with bok choy and sugar snap peas in a peanut sauce

This easy-to-make Japanese style pancake uses every day supermarket ingredients to create a quick, flavour-packed breakfast, lunch or dinner.

Gyoza are Japanese-style dumplings that are first seared in a pan, before liquid is added to help steam the pastry, creating a beautiful blend of textures and flavours. Try these gyoza dumplings alongside the gyoza dipping sauce

Tataki is a traditional Japanese dish with meat or fish served raw or lightly seared.

Vibrant peas, corn and chilli combine with smoked salmon in this zesty salad.

Tofu, cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions are threaded onto skewers and cooked until caramelised and tender. Serve with rice and bok choy.

This Christmas salad is delicious made fresh, but improves even more if refrigerated overnight. Recipe and photography by Bauer Syndication.

This refreshing recipe is from Luke McCartin and Claire Beard, owners of Mount Maunganui’s Japanese restaurant Mr Miyagi.

A platter of perfectly grilled vegetables, imbued with the slight smokiness of the barbecue, can taste amazing. Photography by Todd Eyre.

When mussel shells open on the grill, you can sneak all manner of interesting flavours into them – in this recipe, it’s butter, soy sauce and a splash of sake that gives them that authentic Japanese barbecue house taste. Photography by Todd Eyre.

Inspired by the yakitori bars in Japan these meat skewers are grilled for a delicious smoky flavour. Photography by Todd Eyre.

Veg it up! Replace the fish with a thin plain omelette or slices of marinated tofu.

A popular fast food in the many ramen bars in Japan, they are also a diet staple for students. ‘Ramen’ is the name of noodle, as well as the name of the dish.

Impress your dinner guests with this deliciously fresh inside out sushi. Stuffed with cucumber and carrots, it's the ultimate vegetarian lunch or snack.

It’s easy to slip into indulgent mode when you’re entertaining, but this simple Asian dish is luxurious, super-healthy and will have your taste buds singing.

Warm, nourishing soup doesn't get much better than this! This hearty combination long soup is full of authentic Asian ingredients and flavour, and is perfect for dinner tonight!

This fresh and succulent prawn and vegetable Japanese pancake is perfect for dinner when you are sort of time - quick and easy, yet packed full of fresh Asian flavours.

Japanese thin noodles and chicken soaked in rice wine vinegar, soy sauce, mirin, sesame oil and ginger to allow fresh flavour take control of this Japanese favourite dish

Your taste buds will love the crispy tempura salmon with citrus, lychee and coriander salad. Serve with rice or quinoa for a quick and healthy meal.

A quick and easy weeknight chicken dish that is rich with Japanese flavours.

Go Japanese with this simple salmon and vegetable dish. The basic batter is suitable for a variety of seafood (prawns, for example) and vegetables.

Create this tasty, warming Japanese hot pot for your family in no time at all. Packed full of tender seared beef, fresh Asian vegetables and a fragrant broth, it is the perfect dish for those cooler Winter nights.

If time is short and you have guests arriving for dinner, this Japanese-style beef stir-fry involves some culinary cheating that helps put an impressive main on the table in 30 minutes.

If you're short on time, this quick and healthy stir-fry is packed full of vegetables and bold Asian flavours.

This fragrant Asian soba noodle soup is absolutely beautiful topped with a piece of perfectly cooked fish. Fresh, healthy and warming, it is a great dinner dish for any night of the week.

This beautiful salmon dish is the perfect meal to serve up to friends at your next dinner party. Thinly sliced salmon is beautiful served in a fragrant Asian ginger dressing, topped with homemade pickled beetroot.

This fresh and tasty salad tosses fluffy traditional Japanese omelette with crunchy Asian greens and a flavoursome ginger soy dressing.

This spicy, flavour packed Japanese inspired dip is wonderful served as a snack or starter for dinner guests. Creamy miso and wasabi goes perfectly with crisp crackers and sliced veggies.

A classic Japanese dish, sushi is made by combining spiced rice, vegetables and meat or seafood, and wrapping it in nutritious seaweed (nori). These bite sized treats are stuffed with a traditional Asian egg omelette, and are wonderful enjoyed as lunch, dinner or as finger food for a dinner party.

The combination of tender teriyaki marinated beef slices and a zesty pinapple salsa puts a delicious Asian twist on the humble beef burger.

Traditionally served rolled, this sliced variation of the classic Japanese rice, seafood and seaweed dish is perfect for sharing around as gourmet food at dinner parties.

Enjoy a lazy Sunday brunch or light, kid-friendly lunch with these flavoursome teriyaki pork and cabbage pancakes - lifted with bok choy, ginger and oyster sauce.

Ideal as a healthy lunch or tasty side at work or home, this tender chicken salad with green vegetable and a burst of classic asian sesame dressing is sure to be a palette pleaser.

Prepare this delicious meat dish for your family in no time at all. Teriyaki glazed beef is cooked to perfection and thinly sliced, perfect served with freshly grilled asparagus.

This vegetarian Moroccan-style dish is filled with red chilli spices, soothing Greek yoghurt and hearty roasted vegetables.

Light, flaky and wonderfully fragrant, these delicious swordfish skewers are brilliant enjoyed hot off the grill with a side of spicy, buttery wasabi snack beans.

We live in an age where there has never been more interest in food and cooking and yet many children have no idea where the food they eat comes from. We have a huge problem with childhood obesity and yet many children lack essential nutrients. Writer Michael Pollan’s mantra ‘Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants’ rings true, but we have no hope of achieving this unless we allow children to be part of the ‘farm to fork’ journey

This simple Japanese style dish makes a delicious family meal ... or make it to wow your dinner guests.

Make these hours ahead of the party and relax. Adjust the dipping sauce to the spice you like. Kids also love making rice-paper rolls.

This Asian inspired Salmon dish is packed full of wonderful, fresh flavours and makes the ultimate dinner for a warm evening. Perfectly cooked fish is tossed through a punchy soba noodle and avocado salad, and drizzled with a tasty miso dressing.

Impress your dinner guests with this mouthwatering teriyaki chicken dish. It's quick to prepare and cook, and yet presents like the chef has been slaving in the kitchen for hours!

These savoury pancakes are a great easy meal for either breakfast or dinner.

Whip up this traditional Japanese noodle dish in no time at all. Complete with crispy marinated pork, yummy noodles, tender steamed vegetables and a tasty Asian broth.

For perfectly shaped gyoza, use samosa moulds from an Asian food store. Note

Prepare healthy Lunches for school or work with this simple recipes by Sophie Gray

Tempura flour is available at supermarkets. The water must be as cold as possible, as this helps prevent the batter absorbing too much oil, keeping it light and crispy. Make a tempura dipping sauce by combining 1/4 cup mirin, 1/4 cup light soy sauce and 1/4 cup warm water or dashi (Japanese stock). To check […]

Rice paper wrappers are found in Asian section of supermarkets. Note

If wombok is not available, use 1/3 of a regular cabbage instead. Note

Tuna sushi sandwiches

You can buy edamame beans from Asian supermarkets, or replace with broad beans, peas or sugar snap peas. Note

You can cook the tuna for another minute or two if you prefer it. Note