Croquettes, or “korokke,” as the Japanese have evolved them, are delicious little breaded and fried potato bombs. From my experience, the Japanese versions of croquettes are outstanding. These would be considered Japanese korokke, as opposed to a French croquette, because korokke are typically potato and meat filled, as opposed to the generally béchamel-filled croquette—or so…
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Japanese Kakuni-flavor Chicken Wings
Cooked in seasoned coconut milk, these wings are really good. This recipe is a hybrid of a type of rendang—a slow-cooked type of Asian reverse curry—and the slow-simmered Japanese kakuni flavor profile. “Kakuni” can be literally translated as “cube simmered,” as in buta-no-kakuni. So, this is basically chicken wings cooked in seasoned coconut milk until…
Fake Nutter Butter Cookies
I had made and photographed these about 20 months ago, and I’m now just getting to the write-up. I think these are based on an Epicurious recipe. Instead of making them the iconic peanut shape, I went with simple rounds and the cool cookie imprint tool that my wife bought. I remember these being good,…