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Whether you’re packing side dishes for a bento or planning your week’s meal prep, Japanese side dishes highlight seasonal ingredients, bright flavors and are perfect for making ahead of time.

From nutritious spinach gomaae to refreshing cucumber pickles, these side recipes are guaranteed to bring authentic Japanese flair to your everyday meals.

Featured Recipe

Wasabi-Ae salad with enoki mushrooms and bok choy in a blue and brown bowl on a dark wooden background with umeboshi on a white dish in the background

Wasabi-Ae Salad with Enoki Mushroom & Bok Choy

Popular Japanese Side Dishes

Agedashi Tofu (Japanese deep fried tofu) in a thick sauce topped with chopped spring onions, grated daikon and shichimi pepper

Agedashi Tofu (Japanese Deep Fried Tofu)

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Dashimaki Tamago (Japanese Rolled Omelette with Dashi)

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Japanese Pickled Cucumber with Ginger (Kyuri no Tsukemono)

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Addictive Izakaya Style Salted Cabbage (Yamitsuki Shio Cabbage)

Sides by Type

Japanese wakame seaweed salad made with tofu, cucumber and mini tomatoes in a small glass bowl

Wakame Salad (Japanese Seaweed Salad) with Cucumber

Japanese Style Avocado Egg Salad with Wasabi Mayo

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Tako to Kyuri no Sunomono (Octopus and Cucumber Salad)

Japanese izakaya style potato salad in a light blue bowl on a wooden board

Addictive Japanese Potato Salad (Potesara)

shiodare cabbage in a black bowl on wooden surface

Shiodare Cabbage (Addictive Cabbage Salad with Salt Sauce)

mugen cabbage in a white bowl on ashy wood surface with furikake in a bowl on a blue cloth in the background

Mugen “Infinite” Cabbage Salad with Crunchy Furikake

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Japanese Style Cabbage Rolls (Roru Kyabetsu)

Japanese Napa Cabbage Pickles (Hakusai No Asazuke) on a small white plate with brown brushstroke design next to yuzu citrus and a bowl of miso soup

Japanese Pickled Napa Cabbage (Hakusai no Asazuke)

Japanese simmered soy beans (gomoku mame)

Japanese Simmered Soybeans and Vegetables (Gomoku-Mame)

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Chicken Tsukune (Japanese Glazed Meatballs)

Japanese Sesame Spinach Salad (Horensou no Gomaae)

Japanese Sesame Spinach Salad (Horenso no Goma-ae)

Kinpira gobo made with carrots and burdock root topped with red chili in a white bowl on a wooden background surrounded by dry red chilis

Kinpira Gobo (Braised Burdock Root)

shio okra in a white bowl with chili and shio kombu on an ashy wooden background

Yamitsuki Shio Okra (Addictive Salted Okra)

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Simmered Kiriboshi Daikon Radish

Kinpira gobo made with carrots and burdock root topped with red chili in a white bowl on a wooden background surrounded by dry red chilis

Kinpira Gobo (Braised Burdock Root)

Japanese Simmered Pumpkin Side

Japanese Simmered Pumpkin (Kabocha no Nimono)

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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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