Okazu

This is a complete main dish to serve with rice and pickles. Here are a few kitchen garden recipes to add to your everyday menu.

Vegetable Okazu

• Diced pork, beef or chicken (meat is used as flavoring and is optional)
• Japanese eggplants, tomatoes, green peppers, green beans, onions, etc.
• Soy sauce
• Sugar

Brown meat and add cut tomatoes. Cut vegetables into large chuck sizes and add a little water so the stew will not burn. Bring to a boil and then simmer until desired doneness. Add a little soy sauce and sugar to taste.

Seeds for this recipe:
Japanese Eggplants
Tomatoes
Green Peppers
Green Beans
Onions

Chinese Cabbage Okazu

• Diced pork, beef or chicken (meat is used as flavoring and is optional)
• 1 sliced onion
• 1 nappa
• 6 cut tomatoes
• Sugar to taste

Brown meat and add sliced onions. Cut nappa into 1" slices. Add the white mid ribs first and then the leaf parts. Add tomatoes and a little water so the stew will not burn. Bring to a boil and then simmer until desired doneness. Add sugar to taste.

Seeds for this recipe:
Onions
Nappa (Chinese Cabbage)
Tomatoes