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Home ยป Winter Recipes

Winter Japanese Recipes : Warm and Comforting Japanese Recipes

Japanese winter recipes are all about warmth and comfort. From simmered dishes and hot pots to hearty soups and rice meals, these recipes use seasonal ingredients to keep you satisfied on cold days. Each dish is easy to follow and perfect for cozy meals at home.

two Japanese lacquered bowl of Kanto style ozoni

Ozoni (Miso Soup with Mochi Rice Cake)

20 minutes mins
cooked oden in a Japanese ceramic pot

Oden

two hoshigaki dried persimmon on a small plate with a pair of chopsticks in a paper cover

Hoshigaki Dried Persimmon

14 days d 20 minutes mins
cream stew served with rice in a shallow bowl

Japanese Cream Stew

30 minutes mins
yuzu curd in a glass container with wooden spoon

Japanese Yuzu Curd

30 minutes mins
5 pieces of daikon mochi served on a rectangle plate

Daikon Mochi (Japanese Daikon Cake)

1 hour hr
Japanese apple jam preserved in a jar with a ceramic spoon and an apple in background

Japanese Apple Jam

2 hours hrs 20 minutes mins
Tonjiru served in a Japanese ceramic soup bowl

Tonjiru (Japanese Pork and Miso Soup)

20 minutes mins
two yuzu marmalade in preserving glasses

Yuzu Marmalade

1 hour hr
two moffle served on a rectangular plate wi

Mochi Waffle

5 minutes mins
Red bean soup with mochi served in a small bowl with a pair of chopsticks

Sweet Red Bean Soup

1 hour hr 5 minutes mins
two tired kagami mochi decorated with mizuhiki and a orange ornament

Homemade Mochi

1 day d 50 minutes mins
namasu pickled daikon and carrot served in a small bowl with sesame seeds garnished over

Kลhaku Namasu (Pickled Daikon and Carrot)

12 minutes mins
Freshly steamed three pork buns in a bamboo steamer

Butaman (Steamed Pork Buns)

1 hour hr 25 minutes mins
Tofu and wakame miso soup served in a bowl

Miso Soup

15 minutes mins
Two daifuku served on a rectangle shaped plate with a black steel teapot and a bamboo whisk.

Daifuku Mochi

7 hours hrs 15 minutes mins
toshikoshi soba with a shrimp prawn, two slices of kamaboko fish cake and chopped scallions in a soba bowl with warm soup

Toshikoshi Soba

15 minutes mins
four reindeer rice balls and santa rice balls on a plate

Christmas Sushi Balls

50 minutes mins
4 edible pine cones and a real pine cone served on a square plate

Christmas Edible Pine Cones

40 minutes mins
one strawberry mochi on a small plate and in the background too.

Strawberry Daifuku Mochi

25 minutes mins
homemade miso paste in a clear container with a small wooden spoon

How to Make Miso

18 hours hrs 30 minutes mins
Pickled daikon served in an oval bowl with a pair of chopstick

Tsukemono (Pickled Diakon Radish)

10 minutes mins
Korean citron tea yuja cha in a jar with a wooden spoon

Yuzu Cha (Korean Citron Tea)

5 days d 10 minutes mins
2 ehomaki lucky direction sushi rolls with demon mask in background and scattered dried soybeans

Ehomaki (Lucky Direction Sushi Rolls)

10 minutes mins
Instant pot beef stew served in a shallow bowl with a soup spoon and fresh cream drizzled over

Japanese Instant Pot Beef Stew

45 minutes mins
maple syrup poured over invisible apple crumble cake

Gateau Invisible Apple Cake

1 hour hr
mizuna salad on flat plate with miso dressing in a glass jar

Mizuna Salad Miso Dressing

15 minutes mins
kumquat marmalade in a storing jar with a little wooden spoon in

Kumquat Marmalade

40 minutes mins

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