My mother inlaw was a lovely Japanese American lady. She would make sushi, ribs and all sorts of delicious Japanese foods for New Year's. It's a family tradition that I'm doing my best to follow. Mom's Somen Salad is one of our favorites, and I hope you'll love it too! Happy New Year!

I turned dan dan noodle soup into a ramen dish.Some people who have tried this dish asked me if I made tonkotsu (pork base) soup. Some people asked me if I used sesame paste because it's flavourful and delicious.Whenever I tell them that I used milk, mentsuyu, and ra-yu, they always seem surprised, but they never fail to finish the soup.If you are using double concentrate mentsuyu, make soup with 50 ml of mentsuyu, 50 ml of water, 100 ml of milk, and ra-yu.Ra-yu and sesame oil combination is also delicious. For 1 serving. Recipe by Ma-chanmikichan

Somen is a thin Japanese noodle made from wheat flour and it is similar to vermicelli. Usually we serve cold as a refreshing summer dish and have with a dipping sauce (broth). Enjoy for lunch!

I really wanted to eat somen noodles in soup.It's more healthy and chewy if you fry the bacon until crisp.Cook the somen noodles to al dente, and it will be just right when serving.Bacon adds umami to the broth. You could also season with salt, pepper, yuzu pepper paste and shichimi spice. Recipe by Tamashin mama

From a shellfish book I had years ago, I don't remember the name

Slightly spicy, cool and refreshing this shrimp salad tastes like a dressed up shrimp cocktail

I wanted to try another Cookpad recipe that called for pork and Chinese chives, but I only had ground pork. (Rats!) But I decided go to go through with cooking anyway, and it turned out delicious!The soup/sauce is mixed with the somen noodles so it should be very well flavored. The soup prevents the somen noodles from sticking together. You can omit the lemon juice if you like, but the flavor is much better with it added in. For 3-4 servings. Recipe by Love lunch sato

Recipe adapted from traditionalhome.com

My son didn't like eating meat coated with katakuriko, so I prepared it without the coating and it was well received.Usually if you cook meat in microwave, you need some katakuriko, but you don't have to use it here. Cook the pork first, take it out to season with soy sauce and then return to the microwave again Without this procedure, the soy sauce flavour would be thinned, and the pork will toughened. Recipe by ayureo

Here's a recipe for a special salad with shrimp and avocado, accompanied with tender lettuce, and a minty citrus flavor from the lime and combined with the smoothness of the Extra Virgin Olive Oil from Spain.

Easy and simple. I hope this my lazy japanese recipe be helpful👏🤗

I got bored of mentsuyu and came up with this as a way to get myself to eat more vegetables.Since the broth is concentrated, just add 1 or 2 ice cubes rather than chilling it.The combination of tomato mentsuyu with noodles may not be for everyone.You can substitute lime, grapefruit juice, or apple vinegar for the lemon juice. Or even with balsamic vinegar. Recipe by food town