An Amateur Itamae's Cookbook
The Japanese Food Training Guide
by Chloe Tucker
2021 Chloe Tucker All Rights Reserved.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Welcome to the amateur Itamae training academy! Were putting your cutting and Japanese food skills to the test! If this is your first time with either, dont worry, this is the first level of training, and all the instructions will be provided for you to successfully complete each Japanese dish. However, dont expect it to be too easy. Theres a reason Japanese cooks spend their lives trying to perfect the art of Japanese cuisine; its a lifelong commitment. Now, perhaps you dont have that kind of time on your hand (and we dont expect you to), but were still doing that, the traditional way minus all the years of practice.
Bring out the rice, salmon, tuna, nori, wasabi, and everything else, because once we start, were not letting you walk out of the kitchen without a completed dish. Dont worry, its not all sushi, so by the time youve finished with it, well have miso soup, stir fry, and some other dishes ready to challenge you. It might not turn out to be perfect the first time, but with practice and patience, youll get enough hang of it. Take a deep breath and get ready to start because this is only level one, and well be back with more once youve successfully completed the training. Good look, future amateur Itamae-san!
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Recipe 1 - Japanese Style Shrimp in Lettuce Leaf Cups
Light, bright and ever so right! I think there are nearly zero calories in this scrumptious dish! The recipe is light on the body and light on the pocket. I usually double it for my hungry horde!
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 6 Servings
Ingredient List:
2.2 lb. of cooked shrimp peeled and chopped
12 baby cos lettuce leaves washed
A handful of snow pea sprouts
2 tbsp. of pickled ginger chopped put juice to the side
1 or more tbsp. of lime juice freshly squeezed
1 tbsp. of light soy sauce
2 tsp. of rice wine
tsp. of sesame oil
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Directions:
Grab a bowl.
Pop your shrimp, pickled ginger and sprouts in and mix.
Pour your soy sauce, lime juice, sesame oil, rice wine and pickled ginger juice into a jug. Combine.
Drizzle the dressing over your prawn mix and portion out into your lettuce leaf cups.
Serve and enjoy!
Recipe 2 - Salmon Rolls
This is an easy Japanese classic I love the colours of the dish. It looks exotic and fancy. Serve it with a cold glass of sake or bubbles.
Cooking Time: 20 minutes
Makes: 4 Servings
Ingredient List:
2 tbsp. of salmon roe
4 oz. of sushi grade salmon cut into thick batons
3 cups of prepared sushi be sure to rinse before cooking
3 nori sheets halve them horizontally
Soy sauce
Wasabi
Pickled ginger
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Directions:
Grab your bamboo mat.
Place the nori sheet, shiny side down, on top.
With wet hands, spread rice evenly over seaweed.
Leave a space at the furthest edge to seal after rolling.
Pop some salmon along the middle of your rice.
Hold everything in place and roll.
Seal at the edge if they dont seal, sometimes I just dampen the edge.
Repeat with all of the ingredients.
Slice up your rolls and top with salmon roe.
Serve up with wasabi, soy and ginger and taste the goodness!
Recipe 3 - Rustic Sushi
This recipe takes away the pressure of rolling with a bamboo mat!
I love the no rule concept of the sushi. You can alter whatever ingredients you like or just follow the delicious suggestion.
Cooking Time: 1 hour 20 minutes
Makes: 12 Servings
Ingredient List:
4 cups of medium grain brown rice cooked
1 tbsp. of rice vinegar
6 nori sheets
1 fresh large avocado peeled and sliced into 12 slices
1 cucumber Lebanese is great for sushi
8 oz. of bean shoots
Wasabi
5 oz. of seafood flakes halved diagonally
Tamari also known as soy sauce
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Directions:
After you have cooked your rice, combine it with your rice vinegar.
Halve your nori sheets to make 12.
Slice up your cucumber into 12 sticks.
Pop your nori sheet shiny side down.
Wet your hands, so the rice does not stick so much.
Grab a handful of rice and spread evenly over your seaweed. Be sure to leave a strip clear of rice on your furthest edge.
Pop some wasabi across the middle of your rice.
Divide your ingredients evenly into 6 portions.