30 MIN

Chawanmushi

Name: Chawanmushi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 eggs; 1 7/8 cups dashi stock (cooled); 2 tsp soy sauce; 1 tsp mirin; 3 1/2 oz raw shrimp (peeled); 2 oz shiitake mushrooms (thinly sliced); 1 scallions (finely sliced); 1/2 tsp sea salt

A savory Japanese egg custard steamed with shrimp and shiitake.

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Ingredients

3eggs
1 7/8 cupsdashi stock, cooled
2 tspsoy sauce
1 tspmirin
3 1/2 ozraw shrimp, peeled
2 ozshiitake mushrooms, thinly sliced
1scallions, finely sliced
1/2 tspsea salt

Method

1
Beat the eggs without whipping air into them, stir in the cooled dashi, soy sauce, mirin and salt, then pass the mixture through a fine strainer twice.
2
Divide the shrimp and shiitake between four small lidded cups or ramekins, then pour the strained custard over them and skim off any foam with a spoon.
3
Cover the cups with foil, set them in a steamer over water at a bare simmer, and wedge the steamer lid slightly open so the temperature stays below boiling.
4
It is done when a skewer pushed into the center comes out clean and the liquid that rises is clear rather than cloudy. Scatter with scallion and serve warm.

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