Chawanmushi Recipe
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About Chawanmushi Recipe:
Chawanmushi, literally means a 'tea cup steam' or steamed in a tea bowl in Japanese. It is a popular egg custard dish. It is not a sweet custard, but a savoury one, and is eaten as a dish in a proper, sit-down meal. The custard is made up of an egg mixture, which is flavoured with soy sauce, dashi, mirin, shiitake mushrooms, kamaboko, yuri-ne (lily root), ginkgo, shrimps etc. It is boiled in a tea-cup-like container.
In terms of looks, it appears very similar to Chinese steamed eggs, but there is a slight difference in toppings. Did you know, it is one of the very few Japanese dishes that need you to use a spoon, since it is difficult to use chopsticks and eat this custard. You can have it hot or cold, the choice is yours. In some places, people also add udon noodles to the custard and call it odamaki mushi or odamaki udon.
This savory egg custard is prepared with a combination of chicken, shrimp, mushroom and seasoning ingredients.
- 30 mins
- 10 Ingredients
Ingredients for Chawanmushi Recipe
- 1 Egg
- 0.67 cup Dashi
- 0.17 teaspoon Salt
- 0.67 teaspoon Soy Sauce
- 0.33 teaspoon Sake
- 0.33 teaspoon Mirin
- 0.67-1.33 piece sliced into 2 each if big shrimp
- 0.17 piece chicken thigh, cut into bite size
- 0.33-0.67 sliced shiitake mushroom
- As required Mitsuba leaves or green onion, chopped
Current Totals
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MacroNutrients
- Carbs
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Vitamins & Minerals
- Calcium
- Iron
- Vitamin A
- Vitamin B1
- Vitamin B2
- Vitamin B3
- Vitamin B6
- Vitamin B9
- Vitamin B12
- Vitamin C
- Vitamin E
- Copper
- Magnesium
- Manganese
- Phosphorus
- Selenium
- Zinc
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
All nutritional information presented are estimates and not meant to substitute professional dietary advice or treatment
How to Make Chawanmushi Recipe
Steps To Prepare
STEP 01
In a bowl, mix the chicken with soy sauce and sake.
STEP 02
In another bowl mix the shrimp with soy sauce and sake. Keep it for a few minutes.
Cooking Directions
STEP 01
In a large bowl, mix eggs, dashi, salt, soy sauce, and mirin together. Strain the egg mixture through a sieve. Let as much egg as you can go through the sieve.
STEP 04
Place the ¼ amount of chicken , shrimp and shiitake mushroom in 4 cups
STEP 05
Pour the egg mixture in the cup for ¾ amount
STEP 06
Cover the cup with aluminium foils.
STEP 07
Steam the cups for 15 mins
STEP 08
Sprinkle mitsuba leaves and steam for another 3 mins.
STEP 09
Serve hot.