Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Kani Salad ala Pepper Lunch

If you're ever in Manila, swing by Pepper Lunch (located at Greenbelt 5 & Rockwell). They serve sizzling steaks Japanese style. My favorites there are the chicken pepper lunch with extra chicken & their kani salad.

I decided to try and recreate their kani salad at home and this is what I came up with.




You'll need:

Salad greens

Cucumber

Kani sticks - bought these at Machiya mart in Banilad and they're pretty tasty

Broccoli -  Cut up a head of broccoli, put in a bowl of hot water and microwave for 3 minutes. Rinse under cool water when done. Drain water & pat dry with paper towel. Salt lightly. 

White udon noodles - Dunk the whole packet into hot water, cover and microwave for 3 minutes. Rinse under cool water when done. 

Nokikake rice topping
*brings back so many happy memories. my cousins, the Onozawas would come over to play with us and we'd snack on nothing but this and rice. it's really good especially on good rice. you can pair it with anything and it instantly gives you that japanese twist. 




Dressing
Japanese mayo
about 2 tablespoons sugar
about a tablespoon of vinegar
Miso paste
water

I pretty much eyeballed the dressing. I guess you can season as you like. Just add the ingredients a little at a time so it won't be hard to fix if you make a mistake. 


2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I love their kani salad too! Copying it is hard, i just stick to the original ;-) oh and Pepper Lunch has also a branch in Shangri-la mall and Alabang Town Center.

http://pepperlunch.com.ph
http://twitter.com/#!/PepperPhil
http://www.facebook.com/pepperlunchphil

chezka said...

oohh thanks! i dont have to go so far next time i'm in manila. :)