Oyakodon (Japanese Chicken & Egg Rice Bowls)

Japanese Superfood Miso Soup

This Superfood miso soup uses a homemade dashi stock made with dried kombu (kelp), shiitake mushrooms, and bonito flakes. Add soft tofu, lots of healthy spinach, scallions, and miso results in a much heartier miso soup than your favorite Japanese restaurant or sushi place.

Natto-Jiru (Natto Soup With Miso, Tofu, and Vegetables)

In this recipe for natto miso soup, the bitter tang of natto complements both brown miso and lighter, sweeter miso.

Miso Soup With Mixed Seasonal Vegetables

Inspired by the ever-changing seasonal miso soup that Okonomi restaurant in Brooklyn serves for breakfast, this bright, colorful version is a celebration of market produce. You can swap out the vegetables in this recipe for trimmings from last night's dinner, or use whatever is in season—just be sure to use a mix of colors and vegetable parts, such as a leaf, a root, and a stem.

Easy Miso Soup

A super simple, hearty, and easy miso soup that can be made from pantry ingredients. In our experience, it also makes a great cold remedy!

Cold Tofu Salad

Cold tofu salad is a great Chinese appetizer (cold tofu, meat or veggies), especially in the summer. Cold tofu salad is dressed with a light dressing

Rustic Miso Soup With Tofu and Seaweed

Bolder than your average miso soup, this version, inspired by one made at the Brooklyn restaurant Ganso Yaki, achieves its rich flavor with a robust dashi and blend of both dark and mild miso. Consider using hatcho miso for the dark one—it's a dense, heartier style made strictly with soybeans (as opposed to both rice and soybeans).

Miso-Squash Soup With Sesame-Ginger Apples

Most soups based on squash aim to intensify its sweet flavors by first caramelizing its sugars in the oven. Not this one. Inspired by a classic Japanese appetizer, this soup zeroes in on the nutty, earthy flavors of squash by simply simmering it in an aromatic dashi broth.

Andrea Nguyen's White Tofu, Sesame, and Vegetable Salad

Known as Shira-ae in Japan, this salad of crisp blanched green beans is dressed with a purée of firm tofu, toasted sesame seeds, umami-packed soy and dashi, and enough sugar to give it a pleasant underlying sweetness.

Japanese Vegan Simmered Daikon with Bok Choy and Edamame

Slow-simmering the slices of daikon—that's Japanese radish—in a soy and mirin-based broth allows the sweet and savory flavors to soak right into the radish all the way through to the core.

Chinese Tofu Salad

Chinese tofu salad is a light and tasty summertime dish. Five-spiced tofu noodles and summer vegetables are all you need for an authentic Chinese tofu salad