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tonkatsu
is a type of Japanese cutlet (カツレツ, katsuretsu) made from pork. Slices of pork loin or fillet are coated with panko (bread crumbs) and then deep-fried in oil.
nikujaga
is a Japanese dish of meat, potatoes, and onions stewed in dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar, sometimes with ito konnyaku and vegetables like carrots. Nikujaga is a kind of nimono. It is usually boiled until most of the liquid has been reduced. Thinly sliced beef is the most common meat used, although minced or ground beef is also popular. Pork is often used instead of beef in eastern Japan.
chanpurū
Chanpurū () is an Okinawan stir fry dish. It is considered the representative dish of Okinawan cuisine. It generally consists of tofu combined with some kind of vegetable, meat, or fish. Luncheon meat (such as American Spam or Danish Tulip), egg, moyashi (bean sprouts) and gōyā (bitter melon) are some other common ingredients. Spam is not typically used in mainland Japan, but it is more common in Okinawa due primarily to the historical influence of its introduction by the US Navy. Chanpurū is Okinawan for "something mixed" and the word is sometimes used to refer to the culture of Okinawa, as i
katsukarē
Japanese pork and rice curry dish
kakuni
is a Japanese braised pork belly dish which literally means "square simmered". It is made by braising fatty pieces of pork in soy sauce, mirin, and sugar.
pork shogayaki
Japanese dish of pork in a ginger soy sauce
rafute
Rafute is a pork belly dish in Okinawan cuisine, from the island of Okinawa, Japan. It consists of skin-on pork belly stewed in soy sauce and brown sugar. The dish is related to kakuni and Dongpo pork. It is traditionally considered to help with longevity. Rafute was originally a form of Okinawan royal cuisine.
horumonyaki
Horumonyaki () is a kind of Japanese cuisine made from beef or pork offal. Kitazato Shigeo, the chef of a yōshoku restaurant (one that specializes in Western-derived cuisine) in Osaka, devised this dish and registered a trademark in 1940. It was originally derived from yakiniku. The name horumon is derived from the word "hormone", with the intended meaning of "stimulation", as in the original Greek. The name horumon is also similar to the Kansai dialect term hōrumon (), which means "discarded goods". Horumonyaki has a reputation for being a "stamina-building" food.
butadon
, often literally translated into English as pork bowl, is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with pork simmered in a mildly sweet sauce. It also often includes a sprinkling of green peas. A popular food in Japan, it is commonly served with takuan. Buta means "pig" or "pork", and don is short for donburi, the Japanese word for "bowl".
kushiyaki
is a formal term that encompasses both poultry and non-poultry items, skewered and grilled. At times, restaurants group them as and yakimono (焼き物).
Volga rice
Japanese fried rice dish