Best Japanese food for the holidays: Christmas New Year's Eve

Wandering what to make this season for the holidays? Try these deliciously unique Japanese recipes to surprise everyone! The mochi you buy at Asian grocery stores and specialty shops is delicious, but making it fresh at home is so much better. Mochi is a chewy, fun Japanese dessert made from short-grain glutinous rice, molded into squishy balls, and with a little work and these tips, you can make them yourself. If you like Japanese food, you should get our free recipe quick guide, it's the ultimate EASY quick guide with our favorite recipes: https://products.bitemybun.com/japanese-with-ease-quick-guide/ Check out the recipe on my blog: https://www.bitemybun.com/mochi-recipe/ Have you ever wanted to make your own furikake? Furikake is a Japanese rice seasoning that can be used on many different dishes. It’s made from seaweed, sesame seeds, and salt and it has this salty crunchy taste. You can use it on anything from rice to a tuna steak! If you want to try furikake for the first time, I recommend starting with this Nori Fume Furikake Rice Seasoning: https://amzn.to/3mydqFd (Bitemybun.com is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites and we participate in programs from shareasale.com as well. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases, it's how I support this channel) AND because it’s my favorite! It’s got this salty crunch that makes me crave more every time I eat something with it. And if you don't like the traditional flavoring, there are so many other options out there too! Try them all and find what suits your tastes best. Or read our full furikake recipe here: https://www.bitemybun.com/best-furikake-seasoning/ There’s regular pub food, and then there’s Japanese izakaya food. It’s a combination of snack food and delicious Japanese dishes. So when the Japanese want to get their SNACK on, they get themselves a tasty and savory grilled rice ball with a fluffy and sticky interior that’s glazed with a soy or miso umami flavored sauce. Shogayaki is one of the most popular pork recipes in Japan, right up there with Tonkatsu (or deep-fried pork). Shogayaki is a dish with a thinly sliced pork loin from the shoulder or belly, seasoned with soy sauce, mirin, sake, ginger, onion, and garlic cooked in a pan in less than fifteen minutes. It’s one of those recipes you can throw together in minutes and then enjoy alongside a crispy cabbage salad or rice and it's delicious as a shogayaki donburi rice bowl! Check out the recipe on my blog: https://www.bitemybun.com/shogayaki-ginger-pork-recipe/ Yakimeshi fried rice is the Japanese version of fried rice. It translates as pan-fried rice. It is made with short-grain rice, seasoned meat, and egg. While many professional chefs prepare the dish in a teppan, it can also be made in a frying pan at home. Check out the full recipe on our blog: https://www.bitemybun.com/japanese-fried-yakimeshi-rice-recipe/