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Japanese Spring Online Workshop

with Aiko

Learn to make miso soup (a traditional Japanese soup with silken tofu, mushrooms, and scallions made with miso and homemade dashi),  nikujaga (Japanese beef and vegetable stew), and yamitsuki (Japanese "addiction" cabbage seasoned with sesame oil and garlic)!

Day
Saturday, Mar 1
Time
4pm-6:30pm (EST)
Neighborhood
This workshop will take place online.
Availability
16 spots available
$60 per device (laptop/tablet/etc)
All ages!
All Online cooking classes include interactive cooking instruction, a virtual dinner party, a packet with the instructor's family recipes, and a video recording of the class. Since the price is per device, feel free to invite your partner, kids, or roommates to join!

Our online classes are designed to be special, meaningful opportunities to share cooking, culture, and connection--just like our real life experiences. We want you to cook along, and we promise there will be plenty of time for questions, conversation, and stories. It will all end with a virtual dinner party where you'll get to share in the fruits of your labor, apart, but together!

In this 2.5 hour interactive online experience Aiko will guide you through making three of her family recipes. During your class, you'll prepare Aiko's miso soup (a traditional Japanese soup with silken tofu, mushrooms, and scallions made with miso and homemade dashi), and nikujaga (Japanese beef and vegetable stew). Then you'll learn how to make yamitsuki (Japanese "addiction" cabbage seasoned with sesame oil and garlic)!.

Here’s how it works:

After registration you’ll receive an email with the Zoom link, shopping list, equipment list, and recipe packet.

At the scheduled time of your class, you’ll click on the Zoom link and join your class live! Afterwards, you will receive a link to a video recording of your class that you can revisit at your leisure.


Shopping List for This Class

2 cups short grain rice
1 pack of Kelp (Kombu) —need 2 pieces of 2-inch-by-2-inch kelp( kombu)
Bonito flakes (need about 1 cup) or 4 dried Shiitake mushrooms
1 pack of White miso (need about 6 tablespoon )
1 pack of Saikyo miso (need 4 table spoon or use White miso)
1 pack of soft or silken tofu—need half package
1 pack of enoki mushrooms —need half package
1 green onion
3-4 medium size Idaho potatoes (about 600 g 1.32 lb)
1-2 medium size Carrots (220 g / 0.5 lb)
2-3pc medium size Yellow onions (325 g/ 0.7 lb)
1 pound (450 g) well-marbled beef, preferably sliced about ⅛ inch (3 mm) thick
2 tablespoons neutral oil
½ cup (78 ml) frozen shelled edamame or 10 -15 pcs green peas *option
4 tablespoons soy sauce
4 tablespoons mirin
4 tablespoons sugar
1 pound (450 g) piece flathead or Taiwanese cabbage (about 1/2 head)
1/4 ounce (7 g) garlic (about 2 medium cloves) or tube garlic paste
2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 tablespoon untoasted white sesame seeds
Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt

I loved this workshop. Aiko was a warm, welcoming host both as a Japanese ambassador and chef. The workshop was very hands on as she demonstrated and then we did much of the cutting and prep. Everything was clean and well organized. This was by far the best miso soup I have ever had anywhere and all the other dishes were delicious!

Linda S.
Japanese Spring Online Workshop
$60 per device
Sat, Mar 1
4pm-6:30pm (EST)
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