Steamed egg custard (Chawanmushi)

Chawanmushi is one of the Japanese traditional cuisines, the meaning of the this food “Chawanmushi”  is “steamed bowls”, but of course it is not meant to eat steamed bowls. Steamed food ingredients in a bowl. Chawanmushi is a dish that adds chicken, kamaboko, shrimp, shiitake mashroom and others to steamed egg.

steamed egg custard (Chawanmushi)

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Servings	Prep Time
2 cups	10 min

Cook Time

30 min

Servings Prep Time 2 cups 10 min

Cook Time 30 min

steamed egg custard (Chawanmushi) Print Recipe Servings Prep Time 2 cups 10 min Cook Time 30 min Servings Prep Time 2 cups 10 min Cook Time 30 min

Ingredients

• 1 egg

A

• 200 ml dashi
• 1/3 tsp salt
• 1/3 tsp light soy sauce (Usukuchi soy saurce)
• 1/3 tsp mirin

B

• 30 g chicken breast meat 2 bite size pieces
• 1/2 tsp soy sauce Dark soy sauce(Koikuchi soy saurce)

C

• 2 small shrimp 2 bite size pieces
• 2 slice shiitake mashroom
• 2 slice kamaboko

Servings: cups

Instructions

1. in a large bowl, mix eggs

   
2. Add A(dashi, salt, light soy saurce, mirin) and mix well. Strain it a sieve

   
3. In each of 2 small cups , mix chicken pieces with 1/2 soy sauce

   
4. Slice shiitake mashroom and kamaboko

   
5. put C(small shrimp,shiitake mashroom,kamaboko) into each of 2 small cups

   
6. Pour egg mixture over them to fill a cup. cover a cup with the lid or a plastic wrap

   
7. Steam at high heat for 1 minutes and then weak heat for 20 minutes

   
8. Take the cups out from the steamer

   

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