Some Japanese recipes call for Togarashi which is a combination of spices including chile. We use it in Crab cakes along with kaffir lime, and sit it on chioptle hollandaise sauce. I hve posted here before. It is called Steve's Dungeness Crab Cakes. Steve is my better half. VBG Japanese cooking doesn't really use much chile. For spicier Asian that is close to Japan I suggest Korean. Chap Jae is a great yam noodle dish that I use chile fermented bean paste in. Not sure if I have shared this recipe here or not. I don't wnt to post repeats and anger El Grande. VBG Here is a Japanese dipping sauce: 6 tablespoons soy sauce 6 tablespoons rice vinegar 1 teaspoon red hot Chinese chili paste (or tohbandjan) 2 garlic cloves, minced 1 teaspoon gingerroot, minced 3 green onions, thinly sliced 2 teaspoons sesame oil Mix completely and chill. On 12/12/06, rhema6@juno.com <rhema6@juno.com> wrote: > I have recently taken an interest in Japanese cooking, but I have only > found a couple of recipes that use chiles. Does anyone have any? > > Thanks, > James the Holy Roller Chile Head > www.james-dave.com > >