On a recent trip to the grocery store, I chanced upon some fresh yuzu! For those of you who don’t know, yuzu is a citrus fruit that is incredibly aromatic, with a taste that is almost like a grapefruit or orange crossed with a lemon. Fragrant, fresh, tart, and really unlike any other of the more “typical” citrus fruits, yuzu is common in Japanese cooking, both in savory and sweet dishes.
Recently, I shared a recipe for chicken nabe, a simple Japanese hot pot dish that uses a yuzu flavored sauce called ponzu as a condiment….
Light, salty, and a little sour, ponzu is not always an easy item to obtain, especially if you don’t have a well-stocked Asian market nearby – and, this is exactly what happened to me when I made my nabe! With no ponzu to be had, my only choice was to try and make it myself… and, the results? Quite possibly as good as the bottled stuff! Continue reading
Itadakimasu Anime! 