Main Dishes

Rice

• Rinse with water a few times. Put rice in pot, add 2.5 cups of water. For Japanese rice, add 300 ml of water.
• high heat until boiling, then low heat for 13 minutes. Pour out the excess water, let it sit in the pot
• For rice cooked in stock, check the pot periodically to make sure it's not too dry

Baked Potatoes

• 2 hours in slow cooker. Don't peel.

optionally served with pasta, rice, glass noodles. season with oyster sauce, soy sauce, salt and pepper

Pilaf

• Add oil and cook onions
• Add carrots, mushrooms
• Add meat
• Add salt, pepper, paprika, turmeric
• Add rice and glaze it with fat
• Add broth/water, bring to a boil and simmer

Fried Rice

Using a pot because I'm too lazy to clean a pan

• Add oil and cook onions
• Add carrots, mushrooms
• Add meat
• Add salt, pepper, soy sauce, oyster sauce
• Add water and rice, bring to a boil and simmer for 5 minutes
• (optional) add eggs

Japanese Butter Rice

• Rice + butter/olive oil + soy sauce
• (optional) add tofu

Ochazuke (Tea-Over-Rice Soup)

• Add cooked rice and {tea/broth}, soy sauce, oyster sauce, black pepper, salt. Bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat to medium, add fish or other meat and simmer until the meat is cooked.
• (Optional) add cooked tomatoes.

Steamed Fish

• Put fish in a bowl, add soy sauce and oyster sauce. Steam for 15 minutes.

Chawanmushi

• Add 2 eggs, water (2x of eggs), soy sauce and use a fork to beat vertically to reduce bubbles.
• Add mushrooms / meat. Can also put noodles / glass noodles at the bottom.
• Steam for 15 minutes.