Dining with the Chef

Rika’s TOKYO CUISINE: Japanese Cabbage Rolls

In this episode, we'll be making cabbage rolls with a recipe Rika learned from her mother. Cabbage leaves are wrapped around a tender, juicy meat filling, then stewed in a soup full of the sweetness of the vegetables, for a Western-style home-cooked favorite. For our side dish, we'll be making egg and shirasu rice bowl with sansho pepper: rice topped with scrambled egg and shirasu small sardine, with sansho pepper and sesame oil to provide the finishing touches on this original dish. Rika will also teach us about miso-marinated tofu, a simple yet great recipe for a side or snack, known for its deliciously cheese-like flavor.