Could this be the best frozen Japanese fried rice on the market? 🔥
mama san Japanese Fried Rice is perfect as a full meal for one or as part of a bigger family spread. Simply add it to your plate of protein and veggies... or get creative and mix everything together in the pan to create your family's next favourite meal!
Look for mama san Japanese Fried Rice in the freezer section of your local supermarket. 🍚🇯🇵
Hana's Katsu Sando Recipe 🥪🇯🇵
This iconic Japanese sandwich is simple, satisfying, and a true classic—no need to overcomplicate perfection! Crispy chicken katsu, fresh shredded cabbage, and tangy Bulldog sauce come together between soft bread for a bite that's crunchy, juicy, and full of flavour. If you've had one, you know the magic. If not, this is your sign to try it! ✨
Serves: 4
Prep time: 20 minutes ⏰
Cook time: 10 minutes 🔥
Ingredients
- 2 large boneless, skinless chicken thighs 🍗
- Salt & pepper 🧂
- ½ cup flour 🌾
- 2 eggs, whisked 🥚
- 1 ½ cups mama san Panko Breadcrumbs 🍞
- ¼ cup neutral oil (for frying) 🛢️
- ⅙ green cabbage (about 2 cups shredded) 🥬
- 1 tbsp lemon juice 🍋
- 4 thick slices shokupan (Japanese milk bread) or brioche 🍞
- Kewpie Spicy Karashi Mayo 🌶️
- Bulldog Tonkatsu Sauce 🍶
Method
1. Place each chicken thigh in a zip-lock bag or between baking paper. Pound gently with a rolling pin or meat mallet to about 1 cm thick. 🔨
2. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
3. Set up three bowls: flour, whisked eggs, and mama san panko.
4. Dredge each thigh: flour first, then egg, then press firmly into panko for a thick, even coating. Set aside.
5. Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat (about 1 cm deep).
6. Prepare a wire rack lined with paper towels for draining.
7. Fry each thigh 4 minutes per side until golden and cooked through. Drain on the rack and sprinkle lightly with salt. 🌟
8. Finely shred the cabbage (mandoline works great). Toss with lemon juice and a pinch of salt—use your hands to soften it slightly. 🥬
9. Slice bread to about 2 cm thick. (Optional: lightly toast one side under the grill for extra texture.) 🔥
10. Place bread toasted-side up. Spread 1 tbsp Kewpie Spicy Karashi Mayo on each slice. 🌶️
11. Add a chicken katsu piece, drizzle generously with Bulldog Tonkatsu Sauce. 🍶
12. Pile on about ½ cup cabbage per sandwich, top with another bread slice, and cut in half (or thirds for that classic look). ✂️
Plate up and enjoy immediately—the contrast of crispy katsu and soft bread is unbeatable! 😋
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Hana is rolling in to rescue you with fresh Temaki Sushi – the ultimate hand-rolled, customisable crowd-pleaser! 🍣🌀
Watch her whip up these easy, delicious cones that scream 'party-ready' freshness. Your guests will be obsessed!
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Crunchy Garlic Panko Crumbs Recipe🧄✨
Whip up these flavour-packed, golden pangrattato-style crumbs at home for an instant boost of crunch and garlic goodness! Inspired by the classic Italian toasted breadcrumb topping. Made extra nutty and crunchy with seeds—ready in minutes with pantry staples!
Prep time: 2 minutes ⏱️
Cook time: 5 minutes 🔥
Makes: ~1 cup
Ingredients
- 3 tbsp Extra Virgin Rapeseed Oil 🛢️
- 1 clove garlic, crushed 🧄
- 1 cup mama san Panko Breadcrumbs 🍥
- 2 tbsp Sunflower seeds 🌻
- 2 tbsp Pumpkin seeds 🎃
Method
1. Heat the rapeseed oil in a large non-stick pan over medium heat. Add the crushed garlic clove 🧄, then toss in both types of seeds and fry for a couple of minutes until fragrant.
2. Stir in the panko crumbs and fry for a few more minutes, until everything turns golden and crunchy. Keep stirring regularly for even toasting! ✨
Store in an airtight jar for up to a week—your new go-to topping! Who's trying this? 👇
Look for our light and crispy mama san Panko Breadcrumbs at your local supermarket—Pak'nSave, New World, FreshChoice, SuperValue, or your favourite independent grocery store! If they don't have it yet... ask them to range it today.
mama san Edamole (Dip) Recipe🌱✨
Serves 4 🍽️
Ingredients 🛒
• 2 cups mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans (Non GMO) 🌱
• ½ cup The Good Oil Extra Virgin Sunflower Oil 🌻
• 1 clove garlic 🧄
• ½ a lemon 🍋 or lime, squeezed
• ½ tsp salt 🧂
• ¼ tsp freshly ground black pepper 🧂
• ¼ red onion, finely chopped 🧅
• S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil 🌶️🔥
Method 🍳
1️⃣ Cook and drain the edamame soybeans according to the packet instructions. 👩🍳💦
2️⃣ Place the cooked edamame soybeans in a blender or food processor with the sunflower oil, garlic, and the lemon or lime juice. Process until almost smooth. 🌀🥣
3️⃣ Stir in the finely chopped red onion and season to taste with salt and pepper. 🥄😋
4️⃣ For heat lovers, top off with some S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil to serve. 🔥✨
Serve with crackers or corn chips! 🥟🌽
Enjoy! 😍
You can buy mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans (Non GMO) and S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil from select supermarkets across New Zealand. 🛍️🇳🇿
🍻 Hana Kirk is serving up pure izakaya magic! Watch her transform mama san Japanese Gyoza and mama san Edamame Soybeans into irresistible, crispy beer snacks in just minutes 🥟🫛🔥
Golden, juicy gyoza straight from the pan + perfectly seasoned edamame—quick, flavour-packed, and made for your next drinks session with mates.🍺
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Prosperity Salad Recipe – Yee Sang
Style 🥗✨
The Year of the Horse gallops in on February 17,
2026, bringing dynamic energy 🔥, passion ❤️,
adventure 🏇, and unstoppable momentum! As we
gear up for this fiery new chapter, gather friends &
family for a joyful, lucky ritual 🎉
Prep time: 15 minutes ⏰
Cook time: 3 minutes 🔥
Serves: 8-10 as a starter 🍽️
Ingredients
- 1/2 pack Vermicelli rice noodles 🍜
- 1 cucumber, julienned 🥒
- 1 small carrot, julienned 🥕
- 1/2 red capsicum, sliced in thin strips 🌶️
- 2 cups iceberg lettuce, finely shredded 🥬
- 3 radishes, thinly sliced 🌱
- 3 spring onions, thinly sliced 🧅
- 1 pomelo or grapefruit, segmented 🍊
- 1/3 cup pickled ginger, drained 🫚
- 8 wonton wrappers, cut into 1cm strips 🥟
- Cooking oil for shallow frying 🛢️
- 250g fresh salmon sashimi 🐟
Plum dressing
- 1/2 cup plum sauce 🍑
- 2 tbsp mama san soy sauce 🥢
- 2 tbsp mama san sushi vinegar 🍶
- 1 tbsp Kuki sesame oil 🌰
- 1/2 tsp Chinese five spice ⭐
To garnish
- 1/3 cup FreshLife peanuts, lightly roasted and
crushed 🥜
- 3 tbsp FreshLife sesame seeds, lightly toasted 🌾
- 3 tbsp Gourmet Garden lightly dried coriander 🌿
- Lime wedges 🍈
Method
1. Heat about 5mm deep cooking oil in a small skillet.
Fry wonton strips in batches—watch closely, they cook
super fast! 🕒 Turn to brown both sides, drain on paper
towels. Repeat 🔥
2. Prepare Trident vermicelli rice noodles per packet
instructions 🍜
3. Plum dressing: Shake/whisk all ingredients in a small
jar 🫙
4. Place noodles in the centre of a large platter.
Arrange all the colourful veg, pomelo, and pickled
ginger around them beautifully 🌈 Top noodles with
fresh salmon sashimi 🐟
5. Gather everyone around! Pour dressing generously
over everything 🥄 Toss high together—the higher the
toss, the more prosperity, energy, and exciting
opportunities in the Year of the Fire Horse! 🐎🚀🥗
Finish with crushed peanuts, toasted sesame seeds,
dried coriander, and lime wedges 🍈🥜🌾
Wishing you fiery passion, swift progress, and
boundless luck in the Year of the Horse! Happy tossing
& Gong Xi Fa Cai! 🐎🔥🥳🎊
🍣 Hana’s Miso Salmon Donburi –
The
Ultimate Japanese Bowl of Goodness! 🥗🍚
Tender, juicy salmon marinated in a sweet-savoury
mama san miso glaze, grilled to beautiful
caramelization with that irresistible crispy edge 🐟🔥.
Served over fluffy mama san sushi rice 🍚, loaded with
fresh veggies like crunchy edamame 🥗, carrots 🥕,
cabbage 🥬, and a generous drizzle of Kewpie Sesame
Dressing 🥄. Refreshing, balanced, and so satisfying
– perfect for lunch, dinner, or meal prep! 😋✨
Serves 4 – easy and crowd-pleasing!
Full ingredients + simple step-by-step method in the
comments right now 👇
Grab the essential mama san goodies – Miso Paste
🥄, Mirin 🍶, Cooking Sake 🍶, Soy Sauce 🥢, Sushi
Rice 🍚, and Shelled Edamame Soybeans 🥗 – plus
Kewpie Sesame Dressing 🥄 at select supermarkets
across New Zealand like Woolworths, New World,
Pak’nSave, and independents 🛒🇳🇿. Check your local
store!
Who’s craving this bowl tonight? Tag a friend who’d
love it!🥢
Itadakimasu!
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🔥🦐 Barbecue Mayo Prawn Bao Buns Recipe🥟🥬
Japanese-style BBQ prawns tossed in creamy yum yum mayo, stuffed into fluffy bao buns with crunchy slaw. Casual, quick summer entertainer! ☀️
Prep: 10 min (+ prawn defrost) | Cook: 15 min | Makes: 5 buns
Ingredients:
- 🥟 5 Bao Buns
- 🦐 10 Prawn Cutlets, defrosted
- 🧂 Salt & pepper, to taste
- 🍶 2 tsp mama san Sake
- 🛢️ 1 tsp Kuki Sesame Oil
- 🌽 1 tbsp Corn Flour
Yum Yum Mayo Sauce:
- 🥛 5 tbsp Kewpie Mayo
- 🍬 1 tsp Sugar
- 🍅 1 tbsp Tomato Ketchup
- 💧 1 tbsp Water
- 🥃 1 tbsp Shaoxing Wine or Brandy (opt.)
To Serve:
- 🥬 2 cups dressed coleslaw
- 🌱 1 spring onion, sliced
- 🌶️ ½ fresh red chilli, sliced
- 🌰 Lightly toasted sesame seeds
- 🛢️ Spray Oil
Method:
1. Marinate prawns: Pat dry 🦐, season with salt/pepper, sake & sesame oil. Rest 10 min, toss in corn flour.
2. Make sauce: Whisk all mayo ingredients in a bowl until smooth. 😋
3. BBQ time! Heat plate to med-hot, spray oil. Cook prawns 1 min/side till pink. Pour over sauce, toss to bubble & coat. 🔥 Transfer to plate.
4. Bao prep: Steam buns per packet (usually 8-10 min).
5. Assemble: Open bun, add slaw base 🥬, top with 2 saucy prawns 🦐. Garnish with onion, chilli & seeds. Enjoy! 🎉
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You can learn more about our mama san Cooking Sake https://www.mamasan.co.nz/mama-san-cooking-sake
Find Kuki Sesame Oil and mama san Cooking Sake in select New World, Pak'n Save and Woolworths supermarkets.#NZmamasan
Just grab these from the freezer and you're away laughing in minutes:
Crispy, golden mama san Japanese Gyoza – that satisfying crunch and juicy filling every time
+ mama san Edamame Soybeans straight from the pod, impossible to stop eating
Mix up a dipping sauce in seconds: Uchibori Rice Vinegar, mama san Soy Sauce and S&B La-Yu chili oil for that perfect spicy finish 🔥
Quick, shareable, way tastier than boring chippies – your mates will be hovering over the plate and the beers will taste even better!
Tag a mate who you'd make these for at your next hangout 🍻
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🌽🔥 Barbecue Corn Ribs with Miso Butter Recipe😋
This vegetarian twist on sticky ribs brings charred corn coated in a sticky, sweet, and umami-rich miso glaze. Made with mama san’s finest! ✨
Prep Time: 2 minutes (+ defrosting corn) ⏰
Cook Time: 10 minutes 🔥
Serves: 2 🍽️
Ingredients 🛒
• 6 UFC corn ribs, defrosted 🌽
• 2 tbsp butter 🧈
• 1 tbsp mama san miso paste 🥄
• 1 tbsp mama san sweet rice wine mirin 🍶
• 1 tbsp sesame seeds 🌱
• Chives, chopped, to garnish 🌿
Method 🍳
1️⃣ In a small bowl, mix mama san miso paste, mama san mirin, and sesame seeds to create a flavour-packed glaze. 🥣
2️⃣ On the plate part of the barbecue, melt the butter. Add corn ribs and cook for 5–6 minutes, turning frequently until golden and deliciously browned all over. 🔥
3️⃣ Spread the miso mixture over the corn kernel side. Cook for 1–2 more minutes until heated through and slightly charred. 😍
4️⃣ Garnish with chopped chives and serve hot! 🌿
Note: Two ways to barbecue fresh corn on the cob:
In the Husks 🌾 (Juicy and sweet with light char):
1️⃣ Peel back husks, leaving them attached at the base. Remove silk.
2️⃣ Pull husks back over the corn and soak in cold water for 10 minutes to prevent burning. Pat dry with a paper towel.
3️⃣ Place on a medium-high barbecue. Cook for 15 minutes, rotating every 3–5 minutes, until cooked on all sides.
Without Husks 🌽 (Dark, smoky char):
1️⃣ Remove husks and silk.
2️⃣ Place ears directly on a medium-high barbecue. Cook for ~15 minutes, rotating every 3–5 minutes, until kernels are cooked with light grill marks.
Enjoy these umami-packed corn ribs at your next BBQ! 🍖✨ You can buy mama san sweet rice wine mirin and mama san miso paste from select supermarkets in New Zealand.
Super easy Japanese-style hanetsuki gyoza magic! Hana shows just how simple it is to get that golden, crispy "wings" skirt on our delicious plant-based mama san Japanese Gyoza – no oil, no water needed. Juicy inside, crispy outside in minutes. Dinner sorted! Who's trying this tonight? Tag a friend who needs this! 👇
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🍜 mama san Soba Noodle Platter with Ginger Soy Dressing Recipe 🍜
Prep Time: ⏱️ 5 minutes
Cook Time: 🥄 10 minutes
Serves: 🍽️ 4
Ingredients:
• Noodles & Protein:
◦ 2 bunches mama san soba noodles (160g) - half packet
◦ 1 pack (100g) Farmland hot pork 🥓
◦ 4 Better eggs, boiled for 8 minutes 🥚
• Veggies:
◦ 2 radishes, thinly sliced
◦ 1/4 cucumber, sliced into thin ribbons 🥒
◦ 2 spring onions, sliced 🌱
◦ 1 avocado, sliced 🥑
◦ A handful of baby lettuce 🥬
◦ Lemon 🍋
• Ginger Soy Dressing:
◦ 1/3 cup DYC apple cider vinegar 🍎
◦ 4 tbsp mama san soy sauce 🫙
◦ 1 tbsp runny honey 🍯
◦ 1 tbsp Kuki sesame oil 🌱
◦ 2 tsp grated fresh ginger 🫚
◦ 3 tbsp water 💧
To Serve:
• Lemon wedges 🍋
• mama san nori sheets (sushi seaweed), cut in thin strips 🍣
• mama san Wasabi 🍜
• Kewpie Mayonnaise 🥛
Method:
1️⃣ Noodles: 🍜 Prepare soba noodles according to the packet instructions. Rinse well in cold water to stop cooking and set aside.
2️⃣ Eggs: 🥚 Boil eggs in boiling water for 8 minutes. Transfer immediately to iced water to cool, then peel and cut in halves.
3️⃣ Veggie Prep: 🥗 Slice radishes, cucumber into ribbons, spring onions, and avocado. Sprinkle lemon juice on the avocado to prevent browning.
4️⃣ Dressing: 🥄 Mix all ingredients for the ginger soy dressing until well combined.
5️⃣ Assemble: 🍽️ Arrange the soba noodles on a platter. Artfully place the pork, egg halves, radishes, cucumber, avocado, and lettuce around and over the noodles. Garnish with herbs, nori strips, and wasabi on the side. Serve the dressing in small bowls for individual use.
Enjoy your delicious and visually appealing mama san Soba Noodle Platter! 🍜🍣 #nzmamasan
🍮 Miso Caramel and Yukimi Frozen Dessert 🍡
If you like salted caramel 🧂 and you also like miso, you’ll fall in love ❤️ with this miso caramel. By substituting salt with miso, you still get the saltiness with an added hint of umami 😋. Combine this with vanilla Yukimi frozen dessert, and you’ve got a showstopper dessert ✨ that is sure to impress!
Serves 6 👨👩👧👦
Ingredients 🛒
- ¾ cup granulated sugar 🍚
- ¼ cup water 💧
- ½ cup cream 🥛
- 2 tbsp mama san Miso Paste 🌾
- 2 packs Vanilla Yukimi Frozen Dessert 🍨
Instructions 👩🍳
1. In a heavy-based pot on medium heat 🔥, add the sugar and water and stir to combine.
2. Bring mixture to a boil without stirring.
3. Reduce heat and let it bubble 🫧 and caramelise until the sugar becomes a deep golden brown and wisps of smoke just start to form, then remove pot from heat.
4. Once off the heat, carefully pour in the cream in two batches while stirring to combine 🥄.
5. If the caramel starts hardening up, return to the stove on low heat and stir until the caramel is liquid again.
6. Whisk in the miso.
7. Set aside to cool 🧊
8. Prepare a serving plate with the Vanilla Yukimi Frozen Dessert 🍽️.
9. Once the caramel has cooled to room temperature, pour over the Vanilla Yukimi Frozen Dessert and dig in! 😍
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🥢 Teriyaki Chicken Donburi 🍚🐔
This Teriyaki Chicken Donburi is simple, satisfying healthy comfort food at its best. Juicy chicken glazed in a glossy homemade teriyaki sauce is served over warm sushi rice with crisp veggies, edamame, and a little Kewpie on top. Balanced, nourishing, and full of flavour, it’s an easy weeknight bowl that never disappoints. 😋
Serves 2
Teriyaki Sauce
¼ cup mama san soy sauce
¼ cup mama san sake
¼ cup mama san mirin
1 tbsp sugar (optional)
1. Combine ingredients in a large saucepan over high heat
2. Bring to boil, then turn heat down and simmer until it reduces by half. The consistency should be like a light syrup. The wider the pan, the faster it will reduce so keep an eye on the reduction. For me it takes about 10 minutes. ✨
Teriyaki Chicken Donburi
2 tsp cooking oil
1 large chicken breast
1 tbsp teriyaki sauce
1 tbsp water
2 servings freshly cooked mama san sushi rice 🍚
1 cup mama san shelled edamame, cooked 🫛
⅛ cabbage, finely shredded 🥬
½ carrot, julienned 🥕
¼ cup mama san sushi ginger
Kewpie mayonnaise
2 tbsp sliced spring onion greens 🌱
S&B nanami/shichimi/7 spice 🌶️
Extra teriyaki sauce
1. Add the cooking oil to a frying pan and bring to high heat 🔥
2. Brown the chicken on both sides until very golden
3. Reduce to medium-low heat and add 1 tbsp teriyaki sauce and 1 tbsp water
4. Cover with a lid and simmer for 10 minutes or until cooked through. Flip the chicken half way through
5. Transfer to a chopping board and slice ~0.5cm thick. Pour the pan sauce over the chicken 🐔
6. Assemble the donburi bowls starting with the rice, then vegetables, chicken, sushi ginger, a dollop of mayo, spring onions and pour over some extra teriyaki sauce 🥗
7. Enjoy! 🍽️
Quick, flavour-packed and perfect for busy nights!
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mama san Tornado Omelette Fried Rice Recipe 🌪️🍳
Serves: 2 👥
Prep time: 5 minutes ⏱️
Cook time: 12 minutes ⏲️
Ingredients 🥄
● 2 packets mama san Japanese Fried Rice 🍙
● ½ cup mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans 🌱
For the Tornado Egg:
● 4 Better eggs + 2 yolks (green box) 🥚
● A pinch of salt 🧂
● 2 tsp milk 🧀
● Butter, for frying 🧈
Method 🍽️
🌟 Prepare the Rice Filling
1️⃣ Cook the Mama San fried rice according to the
packet instructions.
2️⃣ Add the edamame beans to the rice and stir well,
cooking until heated through. Toss the rice often to
combine evenly.
🥚 Prepare the Tornado Egg 🌪️
1️⃣ In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, yolks, a pinch of
salt, and milk until smooth.
2️⃣ Heat a small non-stick frying pan over medium-low
heat and melt a generous knob of butter.
3️⃣ Pour half of the egg mixture into the pan.
4️⃣ As the egg starts to set, use chopsticks or tongs to
gently pull the edges toward the centre, creating folds.
5️⃣ Continue twisting and rotating the pan slowly to
form a spiral or “tornado” shape. Once the egg is set
but still creamy in the centre, carefully remove it from
the pan and set aside.
6️⃣ Repeat with the remaining egg mixture to make the
second tornado egg.
🍴 Assemble the Tornado Omelette
1️⃣ Spoon half of the fried rice into a small bowl, gently
pressing it down to form a neat shape. Invert the bowl
onto a plate to create a mound of rice.
2️⃣ Gently place one tornado egg on top of the rice.
3️⃣ Repeat the process with the remaining rice and egg
for the second plate.
Enjoy your delicious Tornado Omelette Fried Rice!
🎉🍲
You can purchase mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans and mama san Japanese Fried Rice from select supermarkets across New Zealand. 🛒🇳🇿
🥗 Asian Slaw with Crunchy Topping recipe
Fresh, crunchy, tangy and absolutely addictive! 🌶️🥜
Ingredients
For the slaw:
🥬 2 cups green cabbage, finely sliced
🥬 2 cups red cabbage, finely sliced
🥕 2 large carrots, grated
🫑 1 red capsicum, sliced
🌱 3 spring onions, finely sliced
🌿 ½ cup fresh coriander, chopped
Tangy Asian Dressing:
🛢️ 1 tsp Kuki sesame oil
🛢️ 3 Tbsp vegetable oil
🍶 3 Tbsp mama san rice wine mirin
🍋 3 Tbsp lemon juice
🍯 3 Tbsp honey
🥢 1 Tbsp mama san soy sauce
🫚 1 Tbsp Garden Gourmet ginger paste
🧄 ½ tsp Garden Gourmet garlic paste
🌶️ ½ tsp Gourmet Garden chilli paste
🧂 ½ tsp salt
Crunchy Topping:
🥜 ¼ cup FreshLife chopped peanuts
🌾 3 Tbsp FreshLife sesame seeds
Instructions
1. Toast the crunch 🔥
Place peanuts and sesame seeds in a dry frying pan. Toast over medium heat, stirring frequently, until sesame seeds turn pale golden (≈ 3–5 mins). Set aside to cool.
2. Prep the slaw 🥗
Toss green cabbage, red cabbage, grated carrot, sliced capsicum, spring onions and chopped coriander together in a large bowl.
3. Shake up the dressing 🫙
Add all dressing ingredients to a screw-top jar. Shake shake shake! 👀 Taste and adjust – more honey for sweetness, more sesame oil for nuttiness, or extra salt if needed.
4. Dress & toss 💃
Pour dressing over the slaw and mix until everything is beautifully coated.
5. Finish with crunch ✨
Sprinkle the toasted peanut-sesame mix generously over the top right before serving.
Crunchy, zesty, fresh perfection! 😍
Great as a side, on tacos, with grilled chicken or just on its own.
Enjoy! 🥢🥗 Tag a friend who would love this.
🍲 Hana's Kewpie Sesame Dressing Recipes! 🌰✨
🍜 Chilled Soba Noodle Salad
Ingredients:
- 1 large chicken breast 🐔
- 2 bundles mama san soba noodles 🍜
- ½ red capsicum, sliced 🌶️
- 1 cup mama san shelled edamame, cooked 🟢
- 1 cup green beans, blanched 🫛
- ¼ cup finely sliced spring onion greens 🌿
- ⅓ cup Kewpie Sesame Dressing 🥄
- 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds 🌾
- 2 tbsp S&B crunchy garlic chilli oil 🔥
- Juice of half a lemon 🍋
Method:
1. Fill a medium pot with water and bring to a boil 🔥
2. Add chicken breast, cover with lid, bring back to boil
3. As soon as it boils, remove from heat and set aside for 20 minutes ⏱️
4. Shred cooled chicken into thin strips 👐
5. Cook soba noodles in boiling water, drain, rinse with cold water, and set aside ❄️
6. Once everything is cooled, toss all ingredients together in a large bowl 🥣 Enjoy chilled!
🎃 Warm Roast Pumpkin Salad
Ingredients:
- ¼ pumpkin 🎃
- 3 tbsp olive oil 🫒
- ½ tsp salt 🧂
- ⅓ cup Kewpie Sesame Dressing 🥄
- Juice of half a lemon 🍋
- 200g rocket 🚀
- ¼ cup toasted pumpkin seeds 🌰
- ¼ cup toasted sesame seeds 🌾
- 1 cup mama san shelled edamame, cooked 🟢
- 100g feta, crumbled 🧀
- 1 sliced red chilli (optional) 🌶️
Method:
1. Preheat oven to 200°C 🔥
2. Peel and cut pumpkin into ~2cm cubes 🔪
3. Toss on baking tray with olive oil and salt
4. Roast for 20 minutes until golden ✨
5. Set aside to cool slightly
6. Mix Kewpie Sesame Dressing with lemon juice 🍋
7. Layer rocket, roasted pumpkin, seeds, edamame, feta on a large plate, then drizzle with dressing 🥗 Drizzle extra if you like!
🥢 Crispy Japanese Slaw
Ingredients:
- ⅓ cup Kewpie Sesame Dressing 🥄
- 2 tbsp mama san sushi vinegar 🍶
- ½ cabbage, shredded 🥬
- 1 carrot, julienned 🥕
- 1 cup mama san shelled edamame, cooked 🟢
- ¼ cup mama san sushi ginger, diced 🍣
- 2 spring onions, sliced 🌿
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds 🌾
Method:
1. In a large bowl, whisk together Kewpie Sesame Dressing and sushi vinegar 🥣
2. Add all remaining ingredients
3. Toss everything well to combine 👋 Crunchy, fresh, and addictive!
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🍔🌶️ Wasabi Fish Burger 🔥🐟
A homemade tartare sauce adds background flavours to this burger 🥪 but what really makes it shine is the wasabi sauce! It pairs beautifully with the fish and adds a new spicy twist to a classic burger 😍🔥.
Prep time: 10 minutes ⏱️
Cook time: 25 minutes 🔥
Serves 4 👨👩👧👦
Ingredients 🛒
- 4 New Zealand Dory Crumbed Fish Fillets 🐟
- 4 Brioche Gourmet buns 🍔
- 1 cucumber, thinly sliced 🥒
- 1 red onion, thinly sliced 🧅
- 1 small lettuce, shredded 🥬
- S&B Wasabi Sauce 🌶️
For the Tartare Sauce 🥣
- ½ cup Kewpie mayonnaise 🥪
- 1 gherkin, finely chopped 🥒
- 1 tbsp capers, chopped
- 1 tsp juice from the capers
- 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 1 tbsp parsley, chopped 🌿
Method 👩🍳
1. Make the tartare sauce: combine all the ingredients 🥄 and set aside.
2. Cook the fish fillets according to the packet instructions 🔥🐟.
3. Drizzle the bottom half of the bun with the wasabi sauce 🌶️ - a little if you’re feeling cautious but be as adventurous as you like! Place a handful of shredded lettuce 🥬, some slices of red onion 🧅, and a few slices of cucumber 🥒 on each bun. Put a cooked fish fillet on top 🐟, and add a spoonful of tartare sauce 🥣. Finish with the top half of the brioche bun 🍔.
Enjoy! 😋
🍣🥪 Hana's Tuna Mayo Two Ways ✨
Kewpie + tuna = match made in heaven 😍 Toastie or onigiri — what’s your pick??
🥪 Tuna Melt Toasted Sandwich
Makes 2 🧀
Ingredients
- ½ small red onion (or ¼ large) 🧅
- 1 spring onion 🌱
- 185g can tuna, drained 🐟
- ⅓ cup Kewpie mayonnaise 🤍
- Pinch of salt & pepper 🧂
- 2 tbsp S&B crunchy garlic chilli oil 🌶️
- 1 tbsp lemon juice 🍋
- 60g tasty cheese, grated 🧀
- 4 slices sourdough bread 🍞
- 2 tbsp butter (1 tbsp per sandwich) 🧈
Steps
1. Finely dice the red onion & spring onion 🧅🌱
2. Mix red onion, spring onion, tuna, Kewpie, salt, pepper, chilli oil, and lemon juice in a bowl — stir baby stir! 🥄
3. Spread tuna mix over 2 slices of bread, top with grated cheese, then close with the other slices 🥪
4. Medium heat pan + 1 tbsp butter → toast each sandwich until golden & melty on both sides 🤤
5. Slice, admire the cheese pull, and DEVOUR! 🔥
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🍙 Tuna Mayo Onigiri
Makes 4 🍱
Ingredients
- 185g can tuna, drained 🐟
- ⅓ cup Kewpie mayonnaise 🤍
- Pinch of salt & pepper 🧂
- 1 tsp mama san wasabi 🌿
- 1 tsp S&B shichimi/nanami togarashi 🌶️
- 2 tbsp mama san sushi ginger 🩷
- 2 servings cooked sushi rice (hot & sticky is best!) 🍚
- 1 sheet mama san sushi seaweed ✂️
Steps
1. Mix tuna, Kewpie, salt, pepper, wasabi, shichimi, and finely chopped sushi ginger in a bowl — spicy, zingy perfection! 😚👌
2. Lay out glad wrap, sprinkle with a little salt + shichimi. Add a big spoonful of rice, flatten lightly, place ¼ tuna mix in the centre, top with more rice. Use the plastic to shape into cute triangles — twist & squeeze! Repeat x4 🍙✨
3. Cut the nori sheet into quarters ✂️
4. Wrap each onigiri with a strip of crispy nori right before eating (so it stays snappy!) 🌊
5. Serve immediately and feel the happiness in every bite 🥹❤️
Which one are you making first??
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🍗✨ Hana's Crispy Japanese Karaage Chicken ✨
Crispy, juicy, and deeply savoury, this Japanese Karaage is marinated for maximum flavour and fried until golden perfection. Light yet dangerously snackable, it’s a guaranteed crowd-pleaser — especially with a squeeze of lemon, a sprinkle of nanami, and a generous dollop of Kewpie on the side. You may need to double the recipe!! 😍🔥
🍴 Serves: 2
⏰ Marinate: 30 mins +
🍳 Cook: ~10 mins
Ingredients
- 300g boneless chicken thigh 🐔
- 1 tbsp grated ginger 🫚
- 1 tbsp mama san soy sauce 🥢
- 2 tbsp mama san cooking sake 🍶
- ¼ tsp ground black pepper
- ¼ cup plain flour
- ½ cup corn flour (cornstarch) 🌽
- 750ml cooking oil (for frying) 🔥
- Kewpie mayonnaise 🥚
- 2 lemon wedges 🍋
- S&B Nanami / 7-spice mix 🌶️
Instructions
1️⃣ Cut the chicken thighs into ~2x2 cm bite-sized pieces.
2️⃣ In a bowl, mix chicken with mama san soy sauce, mama san cooking sake, grated ginger, and black pepper. Stir well, cover, and marinate for at least 30 minutes (longer = more flavour! 😋).
3️⃣ Add the plain flour to the marinated chicken and mix until it forms a light, sticky batter.
4️⃣ Heat oil in a medium pot to 160°C 🔥.
5️⃣ Spread corn flour on a large plate/tray. Coat each chicken piece evenly in corn flour (shake off excess!).
6️⃣ Fry in batches (don’t overcrowd!) for about 4 minutes or until golden and crispy 🤤. Transfer to a paper towel-lined rack.
7️⃣ Serve hot with a big squeeze of lemon 🍋, a sprinkle of nanami 7-spice 🌶️, and plenty of Kewpie mayo on the side!
Enjoy every juicy, delicious bite! 🎉🍻 Follow Hana @_hanas_table/
🍳 Poached Egg, Edamame & Mint Salad Recipe 🥗💚
Fresh, vibrant summer salad that’s perfect for a light lunch al fresco ☀️ Serve with crusty bread or your favourite crackers!
⏰ Prep time: 10 min
🍲 Cook time: 15 min
🍴 Serves: 4-5
Ingredients 🛒
• 5 Eggs 🥚
• 1 cup mama san edamame, cooked 🟢
• 2 heads baby cos lettuce leaves 🥬
• 1 big handful fresh mint leaves 🌿
• 2 tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
• 1 tsp Dijon mustard
• Juice of ½ lemon 🍋
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• ¼ cup shaved Parmesan cheese 🧀
• Splash of DYC white vinegar (for poaching)
• Salt & pepper to taste 🧂
Method 👩🍳
1️⃣ Bring a large pot of water to the boil and cook the edamame according to packet instructions. Drain and set aside to cool 🌱
2️⃣ Bring another pot of water to a gentle simmer, add a splash of vinegar. Crack each egg into a small bowl, then carefully slide into the water. Poach 3-4 mins until whites are set but yolks are still runny. Lift out with a slotted spoon and cool 🥚✨
3️⃣ In a small bowl, whisk together Kewpie mayo, Greek yoghurt, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and olive oil until smooth and creamy. Season with salt & pepper 🍋🥄
4️⃣ Arrange baby cos leaves on a big platter, top with poached eggs, scatter over cooled edamame, drizzle generously with the dressing, sprinkle shaved Parmesan, and finish with fresh mint leaves 🌿🧀 Season again if you like!
Light, creamy, zingy, and so pretty – enjoy! 😍 You can find mama san Edmame Shelled Soybeans in supermarket freezers.
🍜🥗 mama san Soba Noodle Salad Jars🌿✨
The ultimate make-ahead lunch! Fresh, colourful, crunchy, and drizzled with a creamy-spicy peanut dressing — perfect for work or picnics! 😍🥜
⏱ Prep: 10 mins
🍳Cook: 8 mins
🍴Serves: 2 (makes 2 jars)
Ingredients
- 2 bundles (160g) mama san soba noodles (½ packet) 🍜
- ½ yellow capsicum, thinly sliced 🫑
- ½ cup mama san shelled edamame 🟢
- ½ cup shredded red cabbage 🥬
- ¼ cup cherry tomatoes, halved 🍅
- 1 spring onion, thinly sliced 🧅
- 2 Eggs, hard-boiled & roughly chopped 🥚
- 2 tbsp Kewpie Mayonnaise
- Salt & pepper
- Fresh herbs (coriander, mint, or shiso) 🌱
Spicy Peanut Butter Dressing 🥜🔥
- 3 tbsp peanut butter (smooth or crunchy)
- 1½ tbsp mama san Sushi Vinegar
- 1 tbsp mama san Soy Sauce
- ½ tsp Eaglobe Sriracha (or more if you like it hot!)
- ¼ cup olive oil
Instructions
1️⃣ Cook mama san soba noodles according to packet. Drain, rinse thoroughly under cold water, and set aside to cool completely.
2️⃣ Boil eggs for 8 minutes, cool in ice water, peel, roughly chop, and mix with Kewpie mayo. Season with salt & pepper 🧂.
3️⃣ Make the dressing: Whisk together peanut butter, mama san sushi vinegar, mama san soy sauce, sriracha, and olive oil until smooth and creamy 🤤.
4️⃣ Assemble the jars (layering = no soggy noodles!):
🥄 Spoon half the dressing into each jar
🍜 Add cold soba noodles
🥗 Layer edamame, capsicum, red cabbage, cherry tomatoes, spring onion
🥚 Top with creamy egg salad + fresh herbs
5️⃣ Pop on the lids and refrigerate overnight or grab & go! When ready to eat, shake the jar like crazy, tip into a bowl (or eat straight from the jar), and enjoy every crunchy, nutty bite! 🎉
You can find mama san products in select supermarkets 🛒🥢#nzmamasan
🍆 Miso Baked Eggplant 🍆
Melting soft eggplant with an umami-packed caramelised miso glaze – glazed - what more could you want? 🥢 This sweet and savory miso combo is a common sauce used in Japan and is very versatile, so you can try this with other vegetables and protein too.
Serves 2 ✨
Ingredients
- 1 eggplant
- A pinch of salt
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 3 tbsp mama san Miso Paste
- 2 tsp mama san Mirin
- 1 tsp mama san Cooking Sake
- 1 tsp sugar
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced 🌱
Steps
1. Preheat oven to 220°C on bake function 🔥
2. Slice the eggplant in half lengthwise, then score the cut side in a criss-cross pattern (a few mm deep)
3. Lightly salt and oil the cut faces
4. Place cut-side down on a lined baking tray and bake for 15 minutes
5. While it bakes, mix the mama san Miso Paste, mirin, cooking sake, and sugar in a small bowl until smooth
6. After 15 minutes, flip the eggplant cut-side up and spread the miso glaze generously 🤤
7. Switch the oven to grill mode
8. Grill for about 5 minutes until the glaze is bubbling and beautifully caramelised
9. Scatter with spring onion
10. Serve hot and enjoy every melty bite! 🍴✨
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🍤 Sweet Chilli Crumbed Dory Bao Buns 🍤
Crispy golden fish, fluffy bao, tangy pickled onions and that perfect sweet-heat drizzle – these little pillows of joy come together in minutes! Perfect for a fun Kiwi dinner or party bites 🇳🇿🥢
Makes 4 🥟
Ingredients
- 4 United Food Co. steamed bao buns
- 4 United Fish Co. crumbed dory fillets
- 1 small carrot, julienned 🥕
- 2–3 spring onions, julienned 🌱
- Quick pickled red onions (recipe below)
- Kewpie mayonnaise
- Sweet chilli sauce
- Fresh coriander leaves
Method
1. Cook the United Fish Co. crumbed dory fillets according to the packet – oven or air-fry until golden and crispy 🔥
2. Steam the United Food Co. bao buns until soft and pillowy (about 6–8 minutes if frozen)
3. Open each warm bao and start the stack: pop in a hot crumbed dory fillet
4. Pile on the julienned carrot, spring onion, and a generous forkful of pickled red onions
5. Drizzle with Kewpie mayo and a good zig-zag of sweet chilli sauce 🌶️
6. Finish with a crown of fresh coriander
7. Serve straight away while everything is hot, steamy, and delicious! 🍴✨
Quick Pickled Red Onions (takes 10 mins)
- In a bowl mix ¼ cup vinegar + 1 tsp sugar + ½ tsp salt + pinch of chilli flakes (optional)
- Thinly slice or mandoline ½ red onion, toss it into the liquid
- Let it sit for at least 10 minutes (the longer the pinker and punchier!)
Dinner time is so much fun with mama san Japanese Gyoza and Fried Rice! 🥟🍚
Nen shows just how quick and easy it is to whip up a delicious meal that the whole family loves… even the pickiest little ones can’t resist! 😍
Thank you so much @nen_learnlovelaugh for showing how easy it is to cook with mama san products! Everyone please go give Nen a follow.
🌺🍣 Salmon Poke Bowl – Hawaiian vibes with a mama san Japanese twist! 🍣🌺
Fresh, light, and only 20 minutes prep — this Salmon Poke Bowl gives the Hawaiian classic a Japanese twist. The salmon is marinated in a punchy, flavour-packed sauce and served with crisp veggies over refreshing sushi rice. It’s the perfect summer dinner.✨
Serves 4 | Prep: 20 mins
🐟 Salmon Poke
- 1 shallot, finely diced
- 500g sashimi-grade salmon, cut into 1cm cubes
- 4 tbsp mama san soy sauce
- 2 tsp mama san sake
- 1 tbsp mama san sushi vinegar
- 2 tsp mama san wasabi (optional)
- ½ tsp S&B nanami/shichimi/7 spice mix (optional)
- 2 tbsp Kuki naturally pressed sesame oil
- ⅓ cup Kewpie mayonnaise
- 2 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
- Small pinch of salt
👉 Mix everything in a bowl, gently toss until the salmon is beautifully coated, cover and let it marinate in the fridge for up to 1 hour. Flavour explosion incoming! 💥
🍚 Sushi Rice
- 2 cups mama san sushi rice
- 2 cups water
- 50ml mama san sushi vinegar
1. Cook rice according to the packet, or follow the rice cooking tutorial in a previous post
2. In a large wide bowl, add the freshly cooked hot rice and mama san sushi vinegar
3. Gently fold the rice to mix the sushi vinegar. Do this carefully to ensure you don’t crush the rice grains
4. Set aside to cool for 15 minutes
🥑 Assembly
- 1 cup mama san edamame (boil 2 mins & drain)
- 1 avocado, sliced
- ½ cucumber, sliced
- ⅓ cup mama san sushi ginger
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced
- 4 lemon wedges
1. Serve the rice into 4 bowls and divide the salmon poke across them
2. Top with the veggies, and nanami powder if you like spicy!
🛒 Grab your mama san soy sauce, sake, sushi vinegar, wasabi, edamame, sushi ginger and sushi rice at select New World, PAK’nSAVE, Woolworths and independent supermarkets across New Zealand! 🇳🇿✨
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😋🍣🥑
Make Sushi With Me Part 3 - Rolling 🍣✨
Not only is it FUN to make sushi at home, it’s also SO
much cheaper than eating out! Only $3.70 for 8 pieces!
If your rolls look a bit wonky at first, no stress, they’ll still taste AMAZING 😋 Practice makes perfect! Try it
tonight and tag us if you get stuck, we’re here to help
you become a sushi master 🥰
What You’ll Need:
🍚 mama san Sushi Rice (see Part 2)
🥒 Your Favourite Fillings (see Part 2)
🌿 4 sheets mama san Sushi Seaweed
🌶️ mama san Wasabi (optional)
🍯 mama san Sushi Ginger (optional)
🥢 mama san Soy Sauce
Equipment:
🎋 Sushi Rolling Mat
🔪 Sharp Knife
🧽 Wet Cloth
🪵 Chopping Board
Let’s Roll! 👇
1. Place the sushi rolling mat on the bench aligned
horizontally so you can roll away from you and toward
you 🎋
2. Place a sheet of sushi seaweed rough side up onto
the mat 🌿
3. Spread ¼ of the sushi rice onto the seaweed and
leave a 3cm strip of uncovered seaweed at the end 🍚
4. Lay out your choice of fillings horizontally across the
middle of the rice 🥑🐟🥒
5. Using your thumbs and forefingers, hold the
seaweed and rolling mat together and lift over the
fillings. Tuck over the edge, and gently press the roll to
tighten. Unravel and life the roll to the front of the mat.
Wrap the mat around the roll right to the end, and
gently squeeze across the roll🤗
6. Repeat 3 more times 3️⃣
7. Prepare a chopping board, sharp knife, and wet
cloth🔪
8. Make sure to wipe the knife with the wet cloth before
each cut✨
9. Always cut the roll in the middle. Cut the roll in half
first, then quarters, then eighths ✂️
10. Serve with mama san soy sauce, and sushi ginger
and wasabi if you like
11. Lastly and most importantly enjoy! 🍣
Look for mama san sushi products in your local supermarket 🛒
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🍣 Make Sushi with me ✨ Part 2 - Prep Fillings 🥒🥑
Homemade sushi just hits different! 🏠💕 I did the math and this entire recipe costs only $3.70 per person — that’s 50-70% cheaper than takeaway! 😍 Today we’re using smoked salmon, but you can totally swap the protein:
✨ Bougie: sashimi-grade fish
✨ Mid: teriyaki chicken
✨ Budget: teriyaki tofu or tuna mayo 🐟
Serves 4 people (8 pieces each 🍱)
Ingredients 🛒
- 2 cups mama san sushi rice
- 2 cups water
- 50 ml mama san sushi vinegar
- 100 g smoked salmon 🐟
- ¼ carrot 🥕
- ¼ cucumber 🥒
- ¼ capsicum 🫑
- ½ avocado 🥑
Sushi Rice 🍚
1. Measure 2 cups of mama san sushi rice into your rice cooker (see rice video for instructions to cook rice with a pot)
2. Fill with water, wash, drain, and repeat 3 times
3. Once well drained, measure 2 cups of water and add into the pot and cover with a lid
4. Turn rice cooker on
5. After it has cooked, let it stand for 15 minutes
6. Do not remove the lid until now
7. In a large wide bowl, add the freshly cooked hot rice and 50ml of mama san sushi vinegar
8. Gently fold the rice to mix the sushi vinegar. Do this carefully to ensure you don’t crush the rice grains
9. Set aside to cool to room temperature
Fillings 🥗
1. Slice the vegetables into thin strips
2. Unpack the smoked salmon
3. Prepare the fillings onto a plate ready for rolling
Stay tuned for Part 3
mama san sushi rice & sushi vinegar are now in your local supermarket! 🌟 Made especially for Kiwis — with English instructions and packaging so everyone can make sushi at home, no stress! 🙌🇳🇿 Follow Hana @_hanas_table
Highland Park families — @@paknsave_highlandpark just dropped FOUR brand-new mama san frozen meals and veges, and we’re loving it!! 🙌
Massive shoutout to the team at PAK’nSAVE Highland Park for ranging these — go show them some love!
✨ NEW Mama San Products In-Store NOW:
🔥 Whole Shiitake Mushrooms 454g — $4.99
Perfect for soups, hotpot, stir-fries & ramen toppings!
🔥 Chopped Spring Onion 454g — $4.99
No chopping needed — straight from freezer to wok!
🔥 Japanese Ramen (All Toppings Included!) — $5.49
Flavours: Creamy Sesame / Miso / Soy Sauce
Restaurant-style ramen ready in minutes 🍜
🔥 Japanese Yakisoba 255g — $3.99
Flavours: Vegetable / Seafood
Quick, tasty & full of veggies — your 5-minute meal hero 🍲
Highland Park || While stocks last || #tokyofoodnzretail
Kewpie Miso Mayo Dip with Snack Vegetables 🥬🥄
Craving a creamy, umami-packed dip that's effortlessly addictive? This Kewpie miso mayo is your new snack hero—sweet, savoury, and ready in minutes. Pair it with crunchy raw veggies for a fresh, feel-good bite! 🌿
Serves: 4 👥
Ingredients
- ⅓ cup Kewpie mayonnaise 🥚
- ¼ cup mama san Miso Paste 🫚
- 1 tbsp runny honey 🍯
- 1 tbsp water to loosen, if needed 💧
- S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chilli Oil to garnish (optional) 🌶️
- Assorted raw vegetables: carrots, celery, radishes, sugar snap peas, cucumber, courgette, mushrooms, mini leaf lettuce, etc. 🥕🌱
Method
1. Combine the mayonnaise, miso, honey, and water (if needed) in a bowl. Mix well until smooth and creamy.
2. Arrange the vegetables on a platter and serve with the miso mayo dip in a bowl.
3. Drizzle crunchy garlic chilli oil over the dip for extra zing (optional).
What's your fave veggie to dip? 👇 #MisoMagic #HealthySnacks #nzmamasan
🍳 Japanese-Style Bacon & Egg on Toast Recipe 🇯🇵
Elevate your breakfast with this umami-packed twist! Sweet miso-glazed bacon, sunny-side-up eggs on wasabi-mayo smashed avo toast, and a zingy quick-pickled cucumber "tataki-kyuri" salad. 😍 Burst of flavours in every bite!
⏱️ Prep: 10 min | 🔥 Cook: 20 min | 👥 Serves: 4
🥒 Spicy Pickled Cucumber
- ½ telegraph cucumber, sliced lengthways
- ½ small red chilli, seeds removed, thinly sliced 🌶️
- 2 tbsp mama san sushi vinegar
- 1 tbsp mama san soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Kuki sesame oil
- 1 tbsp white sesame seeds, lightly toasted ✨
🥑 Smashed Avocado
- 2 avocados, flesh removed
- 1 tbsp Kewpie mayo
- 3–4 cm mama san wasabi paste (adjust for heat! 🔥)
- Salt & pepper to taste
🥓 Maple Miso Bacon
- 250g Streaky bacon (1 pack)
- 2 tbsp mama san miso paste
- 1 tbsp maple syrup 🍁
🍳 To Serve
- Oil for frying
- 4 Eggs size 8 eggs
- 4 thick bread slices
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced 🧅
📋 Method
1. 🔥 Preheat oven to 200°C. Line tray with baking paper, lay out bacon. Mix miso + maple syrup (thin with water if needed). Brush on generously & bake 10–12 min till golden. Keep warm!
2. 🥒 For cucumber: Smash halves in a zip-lock bag with a rolling pin. Add chilli, vinegar, soy, sesame oil & seeds. Seal & fridge for 15 min.
3. 🥑 Crush avos with fork, mix in Kewpie mayo + wasabi. Season with salt & pepper.🌶️
4. 🥚 Heat oil in pan over med-high. Fry eggs 3–4 min till whites set but yolks runny.
5. 🍞 Toast bread, spread with avo mix. Top with bacon, egg & pickled cukes. Garnish with spring onion. Dig in!
Craving this fusion feast? Tag a mate who'd love it! #nzmamasan #JapaneseFusion #EasyEats
🍚 Pimp your leftovers - mama san Japanese Fried Rice
Got random leftovers in the fridge? Don’t let them go to waste—pimp them into a dazzling fried rice in minutes. All you need is some veggies 🥕🥦, protein 🍗, and a pack of mama san japanese fried rice. Toss it all together with a spoonful of s&b crunchy garlic chilli oil 🌶️ and boom—comfort food that tastes like you planned it. Quick, tasty, zero waste. Leftovers never sounded so good. 😋
Serves 2
2 cups veggies (i used ½ cup carrot, ½ cup peas, 1 cup broccoli) 🥦
1 cup protein (i used 1 cup roasted chicken) 🍗
1 pack mama san Japanese Fried Rice 🍚
1 tbsp S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chilli Oil 🌶️
1 spring onion, sliced 🧅
Toasted sesame seeds ✨
1. Finely chop up your leftover veggies and protein 🔪
2. Into a pot on medium heat, add one pack of mama san Japanese Fried Rice, the chopped leftovers, 1 tbsp of S&B Crunchy Garlic with Chilli Oil, and stir to combine. Cook for about 5 minutes stirring occasionally. You can also do this in the microwave ⏲️
3. Plate up the fried rice and garnish with some more chilli oil, sliced spring onion, and toasted sesame seeds 🌿
4. Enjoy! 👏 www.mamasan.co.nz
You can find mama san Japanese Fried Rice in supermarket freezers. #easyrecipe #tokyofoodnzretail
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Make Sushi with Me: Part 1 - Shopping 🍣🛒
Make sushi with me! Follow this 3-part series where I share tips and tricks on how to make sushi at home. In part one, we’ll get everything we need from @paknsave_royal_oak With a few key mama san ingredients, and some fresh produce for the fillings, we’re set to get sushi making! 🌿✨
Mama san staples:
- mama san sushi rice 🍚
- mama san sushi vinegar 🍶
- mama san sushi seaweed 🌿
- mama san wasabi (optional) 🌶️
- mama san sushi ginger (optional) 🫚
- mama san soy sauce 🥢
Fresh fillings:
- Smoked salmon 🐟
- Avocado 🥑
- Carrot 🥕
- Cucumber 🥒
- Capsicum 🫑
Equipment you’ll need:
- Sushi rolling mat 🧳
Stay tuned for Part 2: Prep fillings! 🇳🇿🍣
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🍜 Slurp up the savings! mama san Udon Noodles 200g is on New World Club Deal for just $1.09 from 17.11.2025 - 30.11.2025. Available at select stores. Who's ready for a noodle night? #NewWorldDeals #Udon #nzmamasan
🍗 Chicken Katsu Don Recipe
This is a classic simple Japanese chicken katsu lovers’ katsu don recipe. Using good quality, tasty free range thigh fillets is the key to success. Serve with flavourful miso soup to satisfy your tummy and soul. 😋
⏱️ Prep time: 10 minutes
🔥 Cook time: 10 minutes
🍽️ Serves: 2
🥘 Ingredients
2 Free Range fresh chicken thigh fillets
🧂 salt
🌶️ pepper
1/2 cup plain flour
🥚 1 Egg, beaten
🍙 1 cup mama san panko breadcrumbs
🍖 Katsu sauce
3 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
🍶 2 tbsp mama san mirin
🍅 2 tbsp tomato ketchup
💧 1 tbsp water
🥬 1 cup finely shredded cabbage
🍚 2 portions cooked mama san sushi rice
🛢️ Cooking oil for shallow frying
🧻 Kitchen paper towel to drain
🍜 Serve with
mama san instant miso soup
📋 Method
1. Lay out and place chicken between 2 sheets of baking paper or cling film and pound lightly with a rolling pin to flatten slightly and make the piece evenly thick. Slit and butterfly the thicker parts if necessary. 🔨
2. Season with salt and pepper, then dust with flour, dip in beaten egg, and coat with panko. 🥄
3. In a large frypan, heat about 2 cm deep of oil over medium high heat. When the oil is medium high temperature (170C), slide the chicken katsu into the pan. Leave to cook for 5 minutes, until the bottom side is crisp and well browned. Turn over. Cook the other side for 4-5 minutes until crispy and cooked through. Drain on kitchen paper and leave to rest for 3 minutes before slicing. Slice in bite size strips. 🍳
4. Meanwhile, mix all the ingredients for katsu sauce in a small heatproof bowl. Microwave without cover for 60 seconds to let the alcohol in mirin evaporate. ⚡
5. Place rice in two individual bowls. Arrange cabbage and chicken katsu on top, then drizzle with the katsu sauce. 🥣
6. Serve accompanied with mama san instant miso soup. Itadakimasu. 🙏
You can buy mama san Panko Breadcrumbs, Sushi Rice, Mirin & Miso Soup from select New Zealand supermarkets. #easymeals #Tokyofoodnzretail
Easy to cook crispy dumplings. mama san Japanese Gyoza. Available from select Woolworths, New World and Pak'n Save supermarkets.
🚨 New Product Alert! 🦐
mama san Shrimp Fried Rice is HERE! 🍚✨ Ready in just 2 minutes ⏱ – no oil, no fuss, all flavour! 😋
Can't find it in your local supermarket freezer? Ask them to stock it ASAP! 🛒 Who's grabbing a bag tonight?
Miso Chicken Strips Recipe! 🍗 ✨
Craving crispy, umami-packed bites that'll steal the show? These flavourful chicken strips are glazed in a sweet-savoury honey miso sauce, then rolled in crunchy panko & sesame seeds. Ideal as pre-dinner nibbles with cocktails 🍸 or alongside steamed rice for a full meal! 😋
Prep Time: 10 mins ⏱️
Cook Time: 13 mins 🔥
Serves: 4 👥
Ingredients 🛒
- 3 chicken thighs 🐔
- 3 tbsp mama san miso paste
- 2 tbsp mama san soy sauce 🥢
- 2 tbsp liquid honey 🍯
- 1 tsp Kuki sesame seed oil 🥄
- 2/3 cup mama san panko breadcrumbs (for that epic crunch! 🥖)
- 1/3 cup sesame seeds 🌰
Spray with Cooking spray
Creamy Chilli Dip 🌶️
- 1/4 cup Kewpie mayonnaise 🥛
- 2 tbsp Sweet Chilli Sauce 🔥
Method 📋
1. Preheat oven to 160°C (fan) or 180°C (conventional). Line a tray with baking paper.
2. Slice chicken into bite-sized strips️
3. Whisk sauce: Miso paste + soy + honey + sesame oil = flavour explosion! 🌀
4. Mix coating: Panko breadcrumbs + sesame seeds. ✨
5. Dip & coat: Chicken in miso mix, then panko/sesame. Lay on tray & repeat!
6. Bake: Spray with oil, roast 12 mins. Flip & bake 1 more min for golden perfection. ⏲️
7. Stir dip: Mayo + sweet chilli. Serve hot with your strips! 🍲
Enjoy your Miso Chicken Strips!!
You can buy mama san products in selected supermarkets. #nzmamasan #easyeats
Udon Carbonara Recipe🍜🇮🇹🇯🇵
This is an Italian-Japanese fusion, so you purists out there may want to look away. This Udon Carbonara swaps pasta for chewy udon noodles, keeps the creamy, cheesy sauce, and adds crispy bacon for that ultimate comfort factor. The spring onion, seaweed, and shichimi/nanami togarashi gives it a distinctive Japanese flavour profile. Quick, indulgent, and totally crave-worthy—this one’s a weekday dinner winner! 😋
Serves 2
Ingredients:
- 1 tsp ground black pepper 🧂
- 2 eggs 🥚🥚
- 50g grated parmesan 🧀
- 2 bundles mama san udon
- 4 rashers streaky bacon 🥓
- ¼ cup udon water 💧
- ¼ sheet mama san sushi seaweed, cut into small strips 🌿
- 1 spring onion, finely sliced 🧅
- S&B Shichimi/nanami togarashi (Japanese 7 spice mix) - optional 🌶️
Instructions:
1. In a large bowl, whisk the pepper, eggs, and parmesan and set aside 🥣
2. Finely dice the bacon, and cook on medium-low heat until the fat renders out and the bacon goes crispy. Keep in the pan, and set aside 🔥
3. Boil the udon and reserve ¼ cup of the cooking water. Once cooked, drain and set aside 🍲
4. Bring the bacon pan back to the medium heat, and add the cooked noodles with the ¼ cup cooking water into the pan. Heat through and keep stirring until the cooking water turns to a saucy consistency 🥄
5. Immediately add this to the egg mixture bowl, and quickly and vigorously stir the hot noodles with the egg mixture until the cheese melts and you get a glossy sauce. ✨
6. Plate up, and garnish with the seaweed strips, spring onion, and shichimi/nanami 🍽️
7. Enjoy! 🙌
You can find mama san products in your favourite supermarkets🛒. If they don't stock them, ask the store managers to range them ASAP! www.mamasan.co.nz
Follow Hana @_hanas_table #easyrecipes #tokyofoodnzretail
No sushi is complete without mama san! 🍣🥢 When buying ingredients for sushi, look for mama san products in your local supermarket. This week at @newworldnz supermarkets, our mama san sushi ginger 120g is only $2.99 on Club Deal. Grab some today!
Today Hana shares tips on making perfect rice at home with mama san Sushi Rice! 🍚✨
One cup of uncooked rice serves two people. 👥
Always cook at least two cups of rice, as you want at least 2cm of rice covering the base of the pot. 📏 Only cook one cup if you have a very small pot. 🛢️
### Rice Cooker Method 🍚🔌
1. Measure 2 cups of rice into your rice cooker. 📏
2. Fill with water 💧, wash 🧼, drain 🚰, and repeat 3 times. 🔄
3. Once well drained, measure 2 cups of water 💧 and add into the pot, then cover with a lid. 🛡️
4. Optional step: Soak for up to 30 minutes. ⏰
5. Turn rice cooker on! ▶️
6. After it has cooked, let it stand for 15 minutes. ⏳
7. Do not remove the lid until now! 🚫
8. Gently fold the rice to fluff it 🥄, and you’re ready to serve! 😋
### Stove Top Method 🍚🔥
1. Measure 2 cups of rice into your pot. 📏 Make sure to use a pot with a thicker base, as a thin based pot may not cook through as evenly. 🥘
2. Fill with water 💧, wash 🧼, drain 🚰, and repeat 3 times. 🔄
3. Once well drained, measure 2 cups of water 💧 and add into the pot, then cover with the lid. 🛡️
4. Optional step: Soak for up to 30 minutes. ⏰
5. On high heat 🔥, bring the pot to a boil. 🫧
6. Once boiling, reduce to low heat and let it simmer for 20 minutes. 🕒
7. Take off heat and let it stand for 15 minutes. ⏳
8. Do not remove the lid until now! 🚫
9. Gently fold the rice to fluff it 🥄, and you’re ready to serve! 😋
Follow Hana at @_hanas_table
You can buy mama san Sushi Rice 1kg from select supermarkets. 🛒 Look for 'mama san' #nzmamasan 🌟
New Zealand’s first authentic, restaurant-quality frozen fried rice! 🍚🇳🇿
Ajinomoto Frozen Foods, renowned for their best-selling fried rice in Japan, has partnered with mama san to introduce a delectable, convenient, and easy-to-cook Japanese fried rice to New Zealand. You can find mama san Japanese Fried Rice in supermarket freezers. 🛒❄️ #nzmamasan #easyjapaneseeats
🤗 Warm Hugs in a Cup: mama san's Cosy Instant Miso Soup is only $2.49 at New World Supermarkets this week! ❄️ On a chilly afternoon, our 12 servings of instant miso with wakame 🌿 wrap you in umami comfort. Melt away the cold, one soothing sip at a time. 🍲💨 www.mamasan.co.nz #nzmamasan
🌱 mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans: So versatile and delicious tossed into your favourite salad or stir-fry!
On special this week at select New World supermarkets for just $3.49. Grab yours from the freezer aisle before they're gone! 🛒🥗
#nzmamasan #HealthyEats #NewWorldNZ www.mamasan.co.nz
🍚 The Key to Japanese Home Cooking? It Starts with Rice! 🇯🇵
If you can nail that perfect, fluffy rice, you're already halfway to mastering Japanese meals at home. It might look intimidating at first, but trust me—it's simpler than it seems! Just a little care and the right technique, and you'll be serving up restaurant-worthy bowls every time.
This is Part 1: The intro to mama san sushi rice. Stay tuned for Part 2 next week @_hanas_table will show you exactly how to cook it flawlessly in a rice cooker and on the stove!
#JapaneseCooking #nzmamasan
🧈 Hana's Miso Butter Magic: Enoki Udon & Chicken Recipes 😍
Haven’t tried miso butter? You’re missing out! This 2-ingredient wonder (butter + miso) adds savoury, umami magic to grilled veg 🌽, meats 🥩, noodles 🍜, rice 🍚, or toast 🍞. Lasts 5 days in the fridge... but good luck! 😉 Recipe by Hana @_hanas_table
🧈 Miso Butter (Quick batch for meals!)
Ingredients:
- 1 cup unsalted butter, room temp 🧈
- 1 tbsp mama san Miso Paste
- S&B Nanami (opt. 🌶️)
Steps:
1. Whisk butter + miso until smooth 🥄
2. Add Nanami for spicy kick! 🔥
3. Spread on sourdough 🍞 or use below!
🍜 Enoki Miso Butter Udon
Serves 2 | 15 mins 😋
Ingredients:
- 100g enoki mushrooms 🍄
- 1 tsp oil 🛢️
- 2 bundles mama san Udon
- ⅓ cup udon water 💧
- 1 tbsp mama san Soy Sauce 🥢
- 3 tbsp miso butter 🧈
- ¼ cup udon water 💧
- 1 spring onion, sliced 🧅
- S&B Garlic Chilli Oil (opt. 🧄🌶️)
Steps:
1. Fry enoki + oil + 1 tbsp miso butter till golden; set aside 🍳✨
2. Boil udon per packet ⏲️
3. Toss udon in pan w/ ⅓ cup water, 2 tbsp miso butter, soy 🥣
4. Simmer to glossy sauce 🌟
5. Top w/ enoki, onion, chilli oil drizzle. Dig in! 🍽️
🍗 Miso Butter Chicken
Serves 2 | Juicy! Veggie Option: Tofu 🥬
Ingredients:
- 2 tsp oil 🛢️
- Salt 🧂
- 2 boneless thighs (or tofu)
- 2 tbsp mama san Cooking Sake 🍶
- 2 tbsp miso butter 🧈
- S&B Nanami (opt. 🌶️)
- Lemon wedge (opt. 🍋)
Steps:
1. Salt chicken 🧂
2. Heat oil high; brown both sides 🔥
3. Low heat: Add miso butter + sake 🥄
4. Lid on, simmer 10 mins ⏲️
5. Rest 5 mins, slice 😌
6. Pour sauce over; top w/ shichimi 🌶️
7. Lemon squeeze! 🍋🍽️
Miso butter FTW! What’ll you try first? Comment! 👇❤️ #MisoButter #EasyRecipes #nzmamasan www.mamasan.co.nz
Have you tried our crispy dumplings yet? mama san Japanese Gyoza are made by Ajinomoto—the #1 gyoza brand in Japan! They know a thing or two about perfection.
Just cook in a non-stick pan—no added water or oil needed—for a crispy, delicious meal in minutes.
Grab yours at select NI @newworldnz supermarkets this week on club deal $5.49! 🇯🇵 #EasyJapaneseEats #nzmamasan #easymeals See instore for details.
🍲 Have you stocked up yet on our light & crispy mama san Panko Breadcrumbs? 😍
This week only, grab the 200g Crispy Japanese Style mama san Panko for just $1.99 at select PAK'nSAVE supermarkets! 🛒💸
Can't spot it in your local PAK'nSAVE? Ask them to stock mama san Panko Breadcrumbs🍗
#nzmamasan #PankoPerfection #PaknSave
🍱 Sushi or Asian stir-fries? Essential for your home cooking—mama san Sushi Rice: premium short-grain Japonica, milled to perfection, imported and supplied to NZ supermarkets by Tokyo Food Co Ltd!
🛒Grab the 1kg pack now at PAK'nSAVE, New World , and more NZ supermarkets.
Think sushi... think mama san! 🌸
#NZmamaSan #SushiEssentials #EasyAsianCooking
🚨 **NEW PRODUCTS ALERT!** 🚨
Would you like to make authentic Ramen and Yakisoba at home? Now you can with mama san Ramen 🍜 and mama san Yakisoba 🍜 – quick, easy meal solutions hitting supermarket freezers near you!
Shop Owners: If you'd like to stock these new products, contact your local Tokyo Food Co Ltd rep today! 📞 #RamenNoodles #TokyoFoodNZRetail #NZmamaSan
What better way to enjoy WORLD DUMPLING DAY 2025 (26 September) than eating mama san Japanese Gyoza for tea tonight? 🥟✨ They're super easy to cook and need no added oil or water! Just use a non-stick pan and follow the easy-to-read English instructions for delicious, CRISPY dumplings! 😋🔥 Ask for mama san Japanese Gyoza at a supermarket near you. 🛒🇳🇿
Now rolling out to PAK'nSAVE and New World Supermarkets! 🛒✨ mama san BBQ Pork and Teriyaki Chicken Steamed Buns 4 Pack. 🥟🍖🍗 Find them in the freezer. ❄️
1 minute each in the microwave and you have a delicious hot steamed bun ready to eat! ⏱️😋
Store owners: If you want mama san Steamed Buns in your store ask your local Tokyo Food Co Ltd rep today. 🏪📞 #nzmamasan #quickmeals #tokyofoodnzretail
Look what has arrived at New World Ferry Road ! 🎉 mama san Japanese Ramen 🍜 and mama san Japanese Yakisoba .🥢 Need a delicious easy meal tonight? 😋 Find them in the freezer ❄️. Want to stock these in your supermarket? 🛒 Contact your local Tokyo Food Co Ltd rep today 📞.
mama san Udon Noodles 200g 🍜 are perfect for adding to soups 🥣 and stir-fries 🥘, and they’re only 99c 💰 at selected PAK’nSAVE supermarkets this week! 🏪 Stock up today!!
Get ready to be amazed by the Sweet Save deals at Fresh Choice Barrington this week! 😍 mama san Japanese Gyoza $3.99 🥟 and mama san Japanese Fried Rice $5.99 🍚. Don’t miss out on these tasty sweet savings! 🎉
Come and see NZ’s No.1 Japanese food and beverage retail team at The Food Show this week – 29th-31st August at Sky Stadium, Wellington! 🌟 The team will be cooking up a storm of authentic mama san Ajinomoto Japanese gyoza and fried rice at Stand 319! 🥟🍚
Bring your chiller bags❄️, as our Gyoza and Fried Rice will be available at a super Food Show special price! 🛍️ It’s the Ultimate Foodie Adventure! See you there! 🎉 #tokyofoodnzretail #foodshownz #nzmamasan
Celebrate Father's Day this Sunday, Sept 7th, by cooking Dad a tasty meal! 🍽️ Try mama san Japanese Gyoza (Crispy Dumplings) 🥟 and mama san Japanese Fried Rice 🍚. No water or oil needed!! 😋 Super easy, super delicious! #FathersDay #NZmamaSan #EasyCooking 🎉
🚨Our light and crispy mama san Panko Breadcrumbs 200g are just $1.99 at selected PAK'nSAVE supermarkets this week! 🥖✨ #Panko #Bargain #nzmamasan Ask your local PAK'nSAVE to stock mama san Panko Breadcrumbs!
Try mama san Fresh Udon Noodles 200g, now on Club Deal for just $1.09 at select @newworldnz supermarkets! 🍜 Thick, chewy, and perfect for soups or stir-fries, it’s a kitchen must-have. Stock up today! 🛒 #nzmamasan #newworldnz #ClubDeal #JapaneseCuisine (Ends 24/08)
mama san Sushi Guide 🍣. What's your favourite sushi? 😋
mama san sushi products are available at
🍚PAK'nSAVE https://www.paknsave.co.nz/shop/search?pg=1&q=mama%20san
🍚New World https://www.newworld.co.nz/shop/search?pg=1&q=mama%20san
🍚Woolworths https://www.woolworths.co.nz/shop/searchproducts?search=mama%20san
Look for 'mama san' it's Japanese cuisine made easy! 🇯🇵
#nzmamasan #tokyofoodnzretail
Warm up your winter with a steaming cup of mama san Instant Miso Soup! 🥣✨ On special this week at select @newworldnz Supermarkets for a Club Deal of just $2.49! 🎉 12 servings per packet—that’s only 21c per cosy, body-warming cup of miso goodness. 🌿 With Wakame Seaweed. Made in Japan. 🇯🇵 #MisoSoup #WinterWarmer
🌟 What's New This Week at PAK'nSAVE Pāpāmoa? 🍚 mama san Japanese Fried Rice – it might just be the best fried rice in Tauranga! 😋 Buy some, and let us know what you think! 🛒 #PAKnSAVEPapamoa #FriedRiceLovers #nzmamasan
mama san 'Japanese Cuisine Made Easy'🍣✨ Think sushi, think mama san. 🍱😋 #tokyofoodnzretail #nzamasan #sushilovers
🌟Hana’s Table Miso Salmon Donburi🍣@_hanas_table
This Miso Salmon Donburi is a flavour explosion! 🐟 Sweet and savoury miso-marinated salmon, grilled to caramelised perfection, served over fluffy rice with veggies and a drizzle of Kewpie Deep Rpasted Sesame Dressing. 😋 A refreshing, delicious meal! 🍚🥗
Serves 4 🥄
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp mama san Miso Paste 🥢
- 1 tbsp mama san Mirin 🍶
- 1 tbsp mama san Cooking Sake 🍶
- 1 tsp mama san Soy Sauce 🥣
- 2 large salmon fillets 🐟
- 2 cups mama san Sushi Rice 🍚
- 2 ¾ cups water 💧
- 2 cups mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans🫛
- 2 carrots 🥕
- ¼ cabbage 🥬
- 1 spring onion 🌱
- Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing 🥗
- ½ cucumber (optional) 🥒
- 5cm daikon radish (optional) 🥔
- 1 chili (optional) 🌶️
- Toasted sesame seeds (optional) 🌾
- Shichimi (optional) 🔥
Instructions
1. In a wide bowl, whisk miso, mirin, sake, and soy sauce until smooth. 🥣
2. Coat salmon fillets in marinade, cover, and chill for 20 mins to 24 hrs (longer = tastier!). ❄️
3. Rinse rice, add water, and cook. 🍚
4. Boil edamame for 3 mins, strain, and set aside. 🫛
5. Finely chop veggies and set aside. 🥕🥬
6. Preheat oven to 200ºC on fan bake. 🔥
7. Place marinated salmon on a lined baking tray. 📜
8. Bake for 8 mins, then grill for 5 mins. 🍴
9. Rest salmon for 5 mins. ⏳
10. Assemble bowls: rice base, veggies around, salmon on top, sprinkle with spring onion, and drizzle with Kewpie dressing.
Buy mama san products from your local supermarket #nzmamasan #HanasTable #newworldnz
Miso Salmon Donburi by @_hanas_table
This Miso Salmon Donburi is marinated in a sweet and savoury miso sauce and grilled until caramelised and succulent inside. Serve it in a big bowl of mama san Premium Short Grain Rice with fresh veggies, cooked and cooled mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans, and a drizzle of Kewpie Deep Roasted Sesame Dressing for a delicious and refreshing meal! #nzmamasan
Come and see NZ’s No.1 Japanese food and beverage retail team at @foodshownz this week – Thursday 24th to Sunday 27th July at the Auckland Showgrounds! 🌟 The team will be cooking up a storm of authentic mama san Ajinomoto Japanese gyoza and fried rice at Stand K20! 🥟🍚 Hana Kurono from @_hanas_table will be on the pans on Friday, so come say hi! 👋 Right next door at Stand K22, the team will be handing out Coolish Frozen Desserts – these are not to be missed! ❄️
Bring your chiller bags, as gyoza and fried rice will be available at a super Food Show special price! 🛍️ It’s the Ultimate Foodie Adventure! See you there! 🎉 #tokyofoodnzretail #nzmamasan www.mamasan.co.nz @japanmart_nz @ff.ajinomoto @lotte_coolish @foodshownz
mama san products: Japanese Cuisine Made Easy. You can find a variety of mama san products in select @paknsave , @newworldnz and @woolworths_nz supermarkets. #nzmamasan #paknsave #woolworthsnz www.mamasan.co.nz
Photo Credit: @_hanas_table
🌱 mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans are on Club Deal @newworldnz supermarkets this week! 🛒 Find them in the freezers. ❄️ #EdamameLovers #NewWorldDeals #nzmamasan www.mamasan.co.nz
Thank you so much to everyone who stopped by our booth at The Food Show this past weekend! 🍜😊 If you missed out or want to stock up, our delicious mama san Japanese Gyoza and mama san Japanese Fried Rice are on special this week at PAK'nSAVE and New World supermarkets! 🥢🎉 Don’t miss out—grab yours today! 🙌✨ #nzmamasan #tokyofoodnzretail
Photo by @georgia_selwyn
Get creative with mama san Japanese Fried Rice! 🍚 Delicious on its own, or add sausages, chicken, or your favourite protein for a heartier meal. 😋 This week, mama san Japanese Fried Rice is on a Club Deal for just $6.99 at North Island @newworldnz supermarkets. 🛒 Stock up today! www.mamasan.co.nz
You will be stunned by this awesome deal at select @woolworths_nz supermarkets! 🌟 Our mama san umami packed 'Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms' (454g) are only $5.00 this week! 🍄🎉 No need to defrost, add them straight into you pot or frying pan frozen.
🌟 @_hanas_table 3 Epic Ways to Use S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil (110g)! 🥢✨ Check out these quick & tasty recipes below! 😋 #SBFoods #nzmamasan #easyrecipes
🌱 Crispy Garlic Edamame 🌱
Serves 6
🔥 2 tbsp S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil
🥬 400g mama san Frozen Edamame Soy Beans
1️⃣ Bring a pot of water to the boil.
2️⃣ Add frozen edamame & boil for 2 minutes.
3️⃣ Drain & toss with 2 tbsp S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil.
🍜 Pimped Up Instant Ramen 🍜
Serves 1
🍲 1 Acecook Instant Cup Noodle (Sapporo Miso or your favourite flavour!)
🌽 ⅓ cup frozen corn, defrosted
🥚 1 soft-boiled egg
🌱 1 spring onion, finely sliced
🌊 ½ sheet mama san sushi seaweed, halved
🌾 1 tbsp toasted sesame seeds
🔥 1 tbsp S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil
1️⃣ Boil water & prep cup noodle with soup sachets.
2️⃣ Fill with boiling water & steep according to packet instructions.
3️⃣ Transfer noodles to a big ramen bowl.
4️⃣ Top with corn, egg, spring onion, seaweed, sesame seeds & a drizzle of S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil.
🥟 Japanese Gyoza 🥟
Serves 2
🥟 1 pack mama san Japanese Gyoza
🔥 S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil
1️⃣ Cook mama san gyoza according to packet instructions.
2️⃣ Serve with a side of S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil for dipping.
😋 Crunchy, spicy, umami goodness! 🥟🔥
Which recipe are you keen to try first? 🤔 Tag us with your creations! 📸
🛒 Find S&B UMAMI TOPPING Crunchy Garlic with Chili Oil and mama san products in selected New Zealand supermarkets!
🚨 Light and Crispy mama san Panko Breadcrumbs 200g only $1.99 this week at selected @paknsave supermarkets. Stock up today! 🛒
🥟 Craving authentic Japanese gyoza? Try mama san Japanese gyoza, crafted by Ajinomoto and distributed in NZ by Tokyo Food Co Ltd! With a juicy filling and thin wrapper, these gyoza are crispy on the bottom and bursting with flavour. No oil needed! Our special batter ensures a perfect crispy finish every time in a non-stick pan – mess-free! 😋 #NZMamaSan #TokyoFoodNZRetail #FoodieNZ
🌟 mama san Sushi Ginger 120g is on a New World Club Deal this week! 🛒 Buy online today or in-store at selected @newworldnz supermarkets. Besides pairing with sushi 🍣, try mama san Sushi Ginger in these ways:
🥗 Salad Topping: Adds zesty crunch to green salads, cucumber salads, or coleslaw.
🥪 Sandwich or Wrap Enhancer: Layer it in sandwiches, burgers, or wraps, especially with meats or avocado.
www.mamasan.co.nz
Looking for great mama san frozen deals? 🛒 @paknsave Papanui has mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans (454g) and Pod Edamame Soybeans (400g) for just $2.99 each! 🌱 Also, grab mama san Whole Okra, Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms, and Chopped Spring Onions for only $3.29 each. 🥗 Stock up today! #NZMamaSan #PAKnSAVE #FrozenDeals ❄️
Our delicious mama san Japanese Gyoza are on special this week at selected @newworldnz supermarkets for $5.99 #tokyofoodnzretail #foodienz
🌱 Easy Edamole Dip Recipe 🌮
Love guacamole but want a fresh twist? Try Edamole—a vibrant, creamy dip made with shelled edamame! Perfect for parties, potlucks, or when avocados are pricey. 😎
✨ Ingredients:
• mama san Shelled edamame (cooked & drained)
• Olive oil (or neutral oil)
• Lemon juice
• Garlic
• Salt & pepper
• Optional: S&B Crunchy Garlic in Chili Oil for extra umami! 🌶️
📋 How to Make It:
Blend all ingredients in a food processor or with a stick blender, adding oil until you get a smooth, dippable consistency. Serve with crackers or corn chips. 🥟
@mark_shokudou's Tips:
• Fry the garlic first for a milder, richer flavour.
• Reserve ¼ of the edamame (whole) to stir through and sprinkle on top for texture and visual appeal.
• Top with Crunchy Garlic in Chili Oil—go heavy for a bold kick!
#Edamole #nzmamasan #PartyFood #Edamame #EasyRecipes
Inspired by @mark_shokudou ’s home favourite!
🌟 This week at selected @woolworths_nz supermarkets, grab our mama san Frozen Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms (454g) at 20% OFF! 🍄 Don’t miss this delicious deal! 😋 #tokyofoodnzretail #Woolworthsnz #foodie
Tip: Sauté mama san sliced shiitake mushrooms with garlic, soy sauce, and veggies for a flavourful, umami-packed stir-fry. Perfect with rice or noodles!
Happy International Sushi Day! 🎉 June 18, 2025, is when people worldwide celebrate sushi! 🍣 Did you know that mama san offers everything you need to start making sushi at home, with easy-to-understand English labeling and instructions? Visit your local supermarket and ask for mama san. #nzmamasan #sushilovers #sushiday 😋
🚨 Our delicious mama san Steamed Buns are on special this week for $8.00 at Woolworths supermarkets! 🛒 Find them in selected @woolworths_nz freezer and stock up today! 😋#nzmamasan #woolworthsnz #TasteJapan
🍚 Craving authentic Japanese flavours? Grab mama san Japanese Fried Rice ($7.99) & Japanese Gyoza ($5.99) on Club Deals this week at North Island @newworldnz Supermarkets! 🥟 Cook in a non-stick pan, no oil or water needed. Stock up now! 🛒🇯🇵 #TasteJapan #newworld #nzmamasan
Craving a tasty, hassle-free dinner tonight? 🍚 Try mama san Japanese Fried Rice! 😋 Find it in select NZ supermarket freezers. 🛒 Ask your local store if they stock mama san Japanese Fried Rice. 🌟www.mamasan.co.nz
There's nothing better than scrolling through our feed and seeing awesome supermarkets like @nwwinton showcasing our mama san products! 🛒 Now in-store: mama san Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms 🍄, mama san Whole Okra 🥬, and mama san Chopped Spring Onions 🧅. Find them in the freezer section! ❄️ Thank you @newworldnz Winton! #tastethedifference #nzmamasan #frozenfood
Whip up a quick Kewpie Miso Mayo Dip 🥄 by mixing 1/3 cup Kewpie mayo, 1/4 cup mama san miso paste (Gluten Free), 1 tbsp honey 🍯, and a splash of water, then serve with assorted raw veggies 🥕🥒 like carrots, celery, and cucumber, optionally garnished with S&B crunchy garlic chili oil 🌶️.
🌟 Our versatile mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans are on a Club Deal special this week at New World supermarkets! 🛒🥢
mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans can be enjoyed in various ways. Here are some popular and creative ways to eat them:
• Stir-Fries 🥘: Add edamame to vegetable or protein stir-fries for a pop of colour and crunch. They work well with soy sauce, ginger, or garlic.
• Simple Snack 🥢: Boil or steam the shelled edamame for 3-5 minutes, sprinkle with sea salt, and eat as a nutritious snack.
• Salads 🥗: Toss cooled edamame into green salads, grain bowls, or poke bowls for added protein and texture. Pair with veggies like cucumber, avocado, or cherry tomatoes.
• Soups 🍜: Stir edamame into miso soup, ramen, or vegetable broths for a hearty, protein-packed addition.
• Hummus or Dips 🥙: Blend edamame with garlic, lemon juice, olive oil, and tahini to make a creamy edamame hummus. Serve with crackers or veggie sticks.
• Fried Rice 🍚: Mix edamame into fried rice for extra nutrition and a vibrant green colour, alongside ingredients like carrots, peas, or egg.
• Smoothies 🥤: Blend cooked and cooled edamame into smoothies for a protein boost. Combine with fruits like banana or mango for a creamy texture.
• Pasta Dishes 🍝: Add edamame to pasta salads or creamy pasta dishes for a nutritious twist. Pairs well with pesto or light tomato sauces.
• Sushi or Wraps 🌯: Use edamame as a filling in sushi rolls, wraps, or spring rolls, combined with ingredients like avocado, cucumber, or rice.
• Roasted Snack 🔥: Toss edamame with olive oil and spices (like paprika or chili powder), then roast at 190°C for 15-20 minutes for a crunchy treat.
Enjoy experimenting with these mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans ideas! 🌱
🌟 Tasty Tenders Satay Bao Buns Recipe 🥟
Makes 8 bao buns
🍴 Ingredients
1 box Let’s Eat Tasty Tenders 🐔
1 bag United Food Co. Bao Buns 🥟
Satay Sauce 🥜
½ cup peanut butter
2 tbsp mama san soy sauce
1 tbsp mama san sushi vinegar
1 tbsp maple syrup 🍁
2 garlic cloves, minced 🧄
1 tbsp fresh lime juice 🍋
1 tsp minced ginger
2 tbsp warm water (if needed to loosen) 💧
Garnish 🌿
½ fresh red chili, thinly sliced 🌶️
1 small bunch coriander
2 tbsp crushed peanuts 🥜
1 cucumber, peeled into ribbons 🥒
🥣 Method
1. Cook the Let’s Eat Tasty Tenders as per packet instructions. 🍗
2. While they cook, halve the cucumber and slice into ribbons with a peeler. 🥒
3. Whisk together all satay sauce ingredients until smooth. Add water if needed to thin. 🥜
4. Steam the bao buns according to the package. 🥟
5. Assemble your bao buns: layer tenders, top with cucumber ribbons, satay sauce, chili, coriander, and crushed peanuts. 🥟🌶️
Serve and enjoy! 😋
#BaoBuns #TastyTenders #nzmamasan 🍴✨ You can buy our versatile mama san Soy Sauce in select New Zealand supermarkets
Need to warm up your day? This week, mama san Steamed Buns ✨ are on special in @woolworths_nz supermarkets!
Made in New Zealand 🇳🇿 and full of delicious flavour. Just 1 minute in the microwave for a hot, tasty meal. Four buns per pack. Find them in the freezer section. 🛒 #tokyofoodnzretail #WoolworthsNZ #NZMade
✨ Now available at New World Merrilands! Enjoy our mama san Japanese Fried Rice🍚 (Club Deal $7.99) and mama san Japanese Gyoza🥟 (Club Deal $5.99).
Available in the frozen section, these are perfect for a quick, delicious meal. Stock up today! ❄️
Our tasty mama san Japanese Fried Rice and Gyoza are available in selected stores across New Zealand. Check your local store for pricing and availability. 🏬🇳🇿
Barbecue Corn Ribs with Miso Butter'! 😋Using mama san Sweet Rice Wine Mirin and mama san Miso Paste. Perfect for your next BBQ! #BBQCornRibs #FoodieHeaven #nzmamasan
Craving a delicious meal? Try our mama san Japanese Fried Rice! 🍳 It’s quick and easy to prepare—no added water or oil needed. In just minutes, enjoy authentic, full-flavoured Japanese Fried Rice. 🍱🇯🇵
Find mama san Japanese Fried Rice at select 🛒 supermarkets across New Zealand.
Just Panko It! 🍗✨ Our mama san Panko Breadcrumbs deliver that light, crispy crunch—grab them on special this week at select PAK'nSAVE supermarkets for just $1.99!
#PankoPerfection #tokyofoodnzretail #nzfoodie
Thank you @paknsave_highlandpark for promoting our products this week! 🙌 What a combo: mama san Japanese Fried Rice 🍚, mama san Japanese Gyoza 🥟, and a Hi-Chew Ice Bar 🍧 for dessert! 😋 Drop in and stock up today! 🏃♂️🛒 #nzmamasan #HiChew #paknsavehighlandpark
From sushi to stir-fry, mama san Premium Short Grain Rice has you covered! 🍚 5kg bag for all your culinary adventures. 🌟 Available in select supermarkets across New Zealand. 🛒 #RicePerfection #nzmamasan
🌟 Get creative with our high-protein, non-GMO mama san Shelled Edamame Soybeans! 🥗✨ Perfect for a nutritious snack or to spice up your meals—like this delicious 'edamole' dip with tortilla chips, lime, and a kick of chili! 🌶️🍋 mama san Edamame Soybeans are available in the freezer aisle of supermarkets across New Zealand. 🛒❄️ www.mamansan.co.nz (Link in bio) 😋 #nzmamasan #Edamame #healthysnacks
🌿 Poached Egg, mama san Edamame & Mint Salad Recipe🥚
A fresh, vibrant salad perfect for a light lunch al fresco! 🌞 Serve with crusty bread or your favourite crackers. 🥖
⏰ Prep Time: 10 min
🔥 Cook Time: 15 min
🍽️ Serves: 4-5
🥗 Ingredients
🥚 5 Better Eggs
🌱 1 cup mama san Edamame Soybeans, cooked
🥬 2 heads baby cos lettuce leaves
🌿 1 handful fresh mint leaves
🥄 2 tbsp Kewpie mayonnaise
🧀 2 tbsp Greek yoghurt
🥄 1 tsp Dijon mustard
🍋 Juice of 1/2 a lemon
🫒 1 tbsp olive oil
🧀 1/4 cup shaved Parmesan cheese
🍶 DYC white vinegar (for poaching eggs)
🧂 Salt and pepper, to taste
🍳 Method
1️⃣💦 Bring a large pot of water to a boil and cook the edamame soybeans per packet instructions. Drain and set aside to cool.
2️⃣🍲 In a pot, bring water to a gentle simmer with a splash of DYC white vinegar. Crack each egg into a small bowl, then slide into the water. Poach for 3-4 minutes until whites are set but yolks are runny. Remove with a slotted spoon and cool slightly.
3️⃣🥣 In a small bowl, whisk mayonnaise, Greek yoghurt, Dijon mustard, lemon juice, and olive oil until smooth. Season with salt and pepper.
4️⃣🥗 Arrange lettuce leaves on a platter, top with poached eggs, and drizzle with dressing. Sprinkle with Parmesan and garnish with mint leaves. Season with salt and pepper.
5️⃣✨ Enjoy our poached egg, edamame salad!
📍 You can find mama san Edamame Soybeans in select supermarket freezers across New Zealand. 🛒
Crispy, versatile, and oh-so-delicious! Have you tried our Japanese-style mama san Panko Breadcrumbs? 🥟✨ Perfect for crumbed fish and more!
#nzmamasan #JapaneseCuisine #panko
Visit www.mamasan.co.nz for details — link in bio! 🍤
Have you tried our plant-based mama san Japanese Gyoza yet? 🌱🥟 Find them in select supermarket freezers across New Zealand! 🏬🇳🇿