Sides
From salads to pickles, side dishes are an essential element of a traditional Japanese meal. These delicious side recipes will add balance and variety to your meal!
Featured Recipe
Readers Favorite Side Dishes
Agedashi Tofu (Japanese Deep Fried Tofu)
Tako to Kyuri no Sunomono (Octopus and Cucumber Salad)
Japanese Pickled Cucumber with Ginger (Kyuri no Tsukemono)
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Japanese Sesame Spinach Salad (Horenso no Goma-ae)
Horenso no Goma-ae is a delicious side dish made up of blanched spinach mixed with ground sesame seeds and flavored with Japanese condiments. It’s tasty, addictive and perfect for bento boxes too!
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Yuto’s Favorite Side Dishes
All Sides Recipes
Salmon Fried Rice with Japanese Flair
Crispy Salmon Skin Salad With A Japanese Twist
Wasabi-Ae Salad with Enoki Mushroom & Bok Choy
Asparagus Tempura
Shiodare Cabbage (Addictive Cabbage Salad with Salt Sauce)
Mugen “Infinite” Piman (Addictive Green Bell Pepper with Canned Tuna)
Addictive Yamitsuki Lettuce Salad
Yamitsuki Shio Okra (Addictive Salted Okra)
Torikizoku Copycat Grilled Grated Yam (Yamaimo no Teppanyaki)
Izakaya’s Yamitsuki Smashed Cucumber Salad (Pirikara Tataki Kyuri)
Mugen “Infinite” Cabbage Salad with Crunchy Furikake
Kasu Jiru (Japanese Winter Sake Lees Soup)
Addictive Daikon Salad (Izakaya Style)
Homemade Shibazuke Pickles
Egg-Free Plant-Based Tempura Batter (Shojin Age)
How to Cook Japanese Multigrain Rice (Zakkoku Mai)
Japanese Simmered Soybeans and Vegetables (Gomoku-Mame)
Clam Miso Soup (Asari no Miso Shiru)
Sekihan (Japanese Red Bean Rice)
Quick & Easy Takuan (Yellow Daikon Pickles)
Negima Yakitori in A Frying Pan (Japanese Chicken Skewers)
Beef Yawata Maki (Glazed Beef Vegetable Rolls)
Yakiton (Japanese Grilled Pork Skewers)
Easy Japanese Vegetable and Pork Soup (Sawaniwan)
Asari no Sakamushi (Sake-Steamed Clams) with Butter & Soy Sauce
Authentic Kakiage (Mixed-Vegetable Tempura)
Kelp-Cured Sea Bream Sashimi (Tai no Kombu-Jime)
Chikuwa Isobe Age (Japanese Fish Cake Tempura with Seaweed)
Yudofu with Spicy Sesame Sauce (Hot Tofu)
Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Stew)
Pork-Wrapped Rice Balls (Nikumaki Onigiri)
Niku Dofu (Japanese Simmered Beef and Tofu)
Japanese Pickled Napa Cabbage (Hakusai no Asazuke)
Fukujinzuke (Japanese Pickles for Curry)
Japanese Hijiki Seaweed Salad (Hijiki no Nimono)
Beef Shigureni (Simmered Wagyu with Ginger and Gobo)
Chikuzenni (Nishime/Gameni) Simmered Chicken and Vegetables
Kohaku Namasu with Yuzu (Japanese Pickled Daikon and Carrot Salad)
Chicken Chashu (Japanese Braised Chicken Thigh)
Kuri Kinton (Japanese Sweet Potato Mash with Candied Chestnuts)
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Thanks for visiting Sudachi Recipes. My name is Yuto and I’m a Japanese guy with a passion for food. Here I share tasty and accessible recipes so that you can bring a taste of Japan to your own kitchen.
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