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Home » Pantry » Meat, Fish & Seafood

Meat, Fish & Seafood

Keep your pantry stocked with high-quality meat, fish, and seafood to create a wide variety of traditional and contemporary Japanese dishes.

From fresh fish like salmon and mackerel to thinly sliced beef for shabu shabu and shirasu (whitebait), these ingredients are essential for bringing authentic flavors to your cooking.

Learn how to incorporate fish-paste products (nerimono) and marinated meats into oden, a Japanese fish cake stew, broths, and grilled dishes to enhance the depth and richness of your meals. Explore a world of umami-rich ingredients and discover how to elevate your Japanese culinary experience.

Tobiko (Frying Fish Roe) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)

Ikura (Salmon Roe) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Ikura (Salmon Roe)

Uni (Sea Urchin)

Uni (Sea Urchin)

Oden (Japanese Fish Cake)

Oden (Nerimono): Japanese Fish Cakes

Kazunoko (herring roes)

Kazunoko (Herring Roe)

Karashi Mentaiko (Spicy Pollack/Cod Roe)

Karashi Mentaiko (Spicy Pollock/Cod Roe)

Tarako Pollock Roe

Tarako (Pollock/Cod Roe)

Unagi (Eel)

Unagi (Freshwater Eel)

Shishamo (spirinchus lanceolatus)

Shishamo (Saltwater Smelt)

Sakura Denbu

Sakura Denbu

Chirimenjako (Dried Baby Sardine) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Shirasu and Chirimen Jako (Baby Sardine)

Quail Eggs

Quail Egg

Kamaboko Steamed Fish Cake | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Kamaboko (Japanese Fish Cake)

Chikuwa (Baked Fish Cakes) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Chikuwa (Fish Cake)

Naruto Maki Fish Cake

Narutomaki (Fish Cake)

Imitation Crab Sticks (Kanikama) | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Imitation Crab Sticks

Arabiki Sausage

Japanese Sausage

Satsumaage | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Satsuma Age

Sliced Beef and Pork for Shabu Shabu

Thinly Sliced Meats

Hanpen Fish Cake | Easy Japanese Recipes at JustOneCookbook.com

Hanpen Fish Cake

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