Chawan-Mushi (Japanese Egg Custard)
Chawan-Mushi (Japanese Egg Custard)

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Chawanmushi is a Japanese hot appetizer. It is a type of egg custard steamed in a cup, but it is not sweet. You might find it at sushi restaurants or slightly more formal Japanese restaurants in Japan. "Chawan" means teacup or rice bowl and "mushi" means steamed in Japanese, and it is indeed steamed food in a cup. Chawanmushi is a traditional Japanese appetiser made from steamed savoury egg custard and full of fillings such as prawns, kamaboko steamed fish cake, shiitake mushrooms and spring onions.

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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook chawan-mushi (japanese egg custard) using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Chawan-Mushi (Japanese Egg Custard):
  1. Get 1 Egg
  2. Make ready 180 ml water
  3. Take 2 inch x 2 inch piece kombu/dried kelp
  4. Make ready 1 handful Katsuobushi
  5. Prepare 1/2 tsp Usukuchi/light colored and salty soy sauce
  6. Get 1/4 tsp salt
  7. Prepare 2 small pieces boiled chicken
  8. Make ready 2 small pieces mochi
  9. Prepare 2 small pieces KAMABOKO fish cake
  10. Get 2 small pieces Shiitake Mushroom
  11. Get 2 small pieces YURINE and NAMAFU, only If you find at grocery
  12. Get 2 small pieces boiled shrimp
  13. Take to taste Yuzu peel
  14. Take 2 MITSUBA leaves

Sweet custard is commonly made with just egg, cream or milk and sugar. But chawanmushi consists of savoury egg mixture with numerous small pieces of vegetables and meat. Chawanmushi (Savory Egg Custard/茶碗蒸し) is a delicate and savory Japanese appetizer that we are familiar with. It is prepared by steaming egg with dashi stock in a small dainty Japanese teacup and filled with ingredients such as chicken, prawns, kamaboko, mushrooms, and mitsuba.

Instructions to make Chawan-Mushi (Japanese Egg Custard):
  1. First, let's make Japanese dashi soup stock! Soak kombu in the water at least 30 minutes. Place the pot on low to medium heat.
  2. Right before the water boils, remove the kombu. Turn off the heat, and add the Katsuobushi. Let it set until Katsuobushi sinks.
  3. Strain the stock through a strainer with paper towel. Look at this golden color!! Let it cool.
  4. Preheat a steamer on high heat.
  5. Cut the solid ingredients into small pieces. Dip the chicken and shrimp into the soy sauce.
  6. Mix dashi, soy sauce and salt in a bowl. Taste it and if you feel that it's just like a soup, it's perfect! Adjust taste if needed.
  7. Beat the egg and add the dashi mixture to the egg. Strain it with a strainer.
  8. Place the solid ingredients in a small cup or a ramekins.
  9. Pour the egg mixture to fill 3/4 of cup and cover the cup.
  10. Reduce steamer heat to low. Place cups into the steamer. Cover and steam for about 10 minutes or until it is firm like silky tofu.
  11. Garnish each cup with a YUZU peel and MITSUBA leaf.
  12. You may also make Chawan-mushi with a microwave instead of a steamer. Pour hot water into a deep pyrex dish (or a heat resistant dish) for the water bath. Microwave in the water bath for 2 to 5 minutes.
  13. The time depends on your microwave power and the width of the cup. Please be careful not to overdo it. You may need to extend the cooking time by another 15 sec or so. Otherwise, You'll make a big mess… Take it slow!
  14. Yummy!
  15. Ready to serve and ENJOY!

Chawanmushi (Savory Egg Custard/茶碗蒸し) is a delicate and savory Japanese appetizer that we are familiar with. It is prepared by steaming egg with dashi stock in a small dainty Japanese teacup and filled with ingredients such as chicken, prawns, kamaboko, mushrooms, and mitsuba. Chawanmushi is a Japanese hot appetizer. It is a type of egg custard, but not sweet. You might find it at sushi restaurants or a little more formal Japanese restaurants in Japan. "Chawan" means tea cup or rice bowl and "mushi" means steamed in Japanese, and it is indeed steamed food in a cup.

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