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Side Dishes

Discover the perfect companion to any main dish in these imaginative recipes, some of which could stand on their own as meals in themselves.  They may just outshine a steak, chop, or fillet with their complex and innovative flavors, yet they're easy and quick to prepare.  You could find your new favorite recipe here.

  • Spicy stuffed peppers arranged on a square platter.
    Spicy Stuffed Peppers
  • Nanohana dressed with a tangy sauce.
    Nanohana with Mustard Miso Sauce
  • Tight angled shot of the plated lemon pepper chicken salad, showcasing glossy chicken strands, cucumber crunch, and black pepper specks.
    Lemon Pepper Chicken Salad
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • A towering mound of Japanese Sweet Potato Salad.
    Japanese Sweet Potato Salad
  • Batons of potato cooked with pancetta and coated in a silky egg sauce.
    Patate Alla Carbonara
  • A comforting fall dish of rice and sweet potatoes.
     Japanese Sweet Potato Rice
  • Avocado, yuzu and miso harmonize in a bowl.
    Avocado with Yuzu Miso
  • A stack of crispy chicken nuggets with spicy dipping sauce.
    Naked Chicken Nuggets
  • Tender lettuce dressed in oyster sauce.
    Cooked Lettuce with Oyster Sauce
  • A bite of Negiyaki balanced on chopsticks, ready to eat.
    Negiyaki (Japanese Scallion Pancakes)
  • Crispy fritters of tender sweet corn in a tempura batter.
    Corn Tempura (Tōmorokoshi No Gansekiage)
  • Soy sauce butter shiitakes and snap peas.
    Fresh Shiitake Mushroom Stir-Fry
  • A plate of corn fritters.
    Cheesy Corn Fritters
  • Juicy chicken chashu slices ready for a bowl of ramen.
    Chicken Breast Chashu
  • A mound of roasted fava beans with garlic and balsamic vinegar.
    Pan Roasted Fava Beans
  • Hamaguri no Sakamushi, a Japanese dish of sake-steamed clams, is plated here with opened shells and a light broth, finished with aromatic sansho leaves for a clean, herbal contrast.
    Sake Steamed Clams (Hamaguri No Sakamushi)
  • Easy, spicy Curried Green Bean Salad.
    Curried Green Bean Salad
  • A side view of Carrot Kinpira, showing off its glossy strands and bold black sesame accents.
    Carrot Kinpira
  • Mentaiko Shiraae on a plate with shiso leaves.
    Mentaiko Shiraae
  • A stack of Chinese Pickled Cucumbers in a ceramic bowl.
    Chinese Pickled Cucumbers
  • A close up of beautifully crisp rösti pancakes stacked in a wooden serving dish, showcasing irresistible golden-brown crispness.
    Crispy Potato Rosti
  • Salted cucumber and celery combined with basil leaves and sushi vinegar.
    Cucumber Basil Salad (Sunomono)
  • Spicy mentaiko and creamy butter adorn these steamed potatoes.
    Mentaiko Butter Potatoes
  • Cole slaw with a no mayo dressing.
    Tangy Coleslaw (No Mayo)
  • Refreshing marinated carrots and ginger.
    Carrot Ginger Salad
  • Rustic purple cauliflower mashed potatoes.
    Purple Cauliflower Mashed Potatoes
  • Asparagus with Meyer lemon.
    Roasted Asparagus with Lemon
  • Closeup of Chicken Shumai.
    Chicken Shiitake Shumai
  • A bowl of stir fried bean sprouts with sesame seeds.
    Stir-Fried Soybean Sprouts
  • Piquant Sweet and Sour Eggplant.
    Sweet and Sour Eggplant
  • A salad made with wood ear mushrooms.
    Spicy Wood Ear Salad
  • Kabocha pumpkins cooked with rice is an autumn favorite in Japan.
    Kabocha Pumpkin Rice
  • A bowl of savory kabocha squash pasta.
    Kabocha Squash Pasta with Browned Butter
  • Spaghetti Carbonata gets an upgrade with decadent Matsutake mushrooms.
    Matsutake Mushroom Carbonara
  • Japanese sweet potatoes get the hash treatment.
    Japanese Sweet Potato Hash
  • The best method for getting wings crispy and flavorful.
    Curried Crispy Chicken Wings
  • Gloriously glazed Teriyaki Tomatoes.
    Tomato Teriyaki
  • Roasting edamame brings out their sweetness and umami.
    Roasted Edamame
  • Close view of crispy zucchini pancakes.
    Crispy Zucchini Pancakes

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Marc Matsumoto

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I started No Recipes back in 2007 as a place to share original dishes I'd created with friends. It's since evolved into something much bigger than I could have imagined, but as it grew, the focus shifted from inventing dishes to improving classics. In the spirit of how No Recipes began, I'm bringing back my weekly original recipes for all of my supporters and friends!

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  • Oyakodon chicken and egg bowl amped up with an addition of miso.
    Miso Oyakodon
  • Firecracker chicken with wilted greens and dried chilies.
    Firecracker Chicken
  • Japanese Seafood Curry from above.
    Seafood Curry
  • Sliced and marinated tuna in a bowl with rice.
    Hyugadon (Sesame Marinated Tuna Bowl)
  • Closeup of Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard, quick pickled cucumbers and turnips crowned with feathery dill on a white plate.
    Cucumber Dill Salad with Dijon Mustard
  • Chicken and persimmons cooked in a miso ginger glaze.
    Miso Glazed Chicken with Persimmons

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