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

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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. For the authentic chawanmushi experience, serve these tasty treats in a small Japanese tea cup. The egg custard is steamed in a dainty little tea cup and often served as a cold or hot appetizer.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have chawan-mushi (japanese egg custard) using 14 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

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

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. Chawan Mushi is a much loved Japanese steamed egg custard. It is often homemade and also found in good restaurants where they are made in limited batches.

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!

To produce a smooth custard, it has to be steamed at a low temperature. Rapidly boiling water will cause the egg custard to puff up and collapse when removed. Japanese Egg Custard (Chawanmushi) Flavored with homemade dashi and studded with chicken, shrimp, and mushrooms, this savory Japanese custard makes an excellent starter. Chawanmushi is a Japanese hot appetizer. It is a type of egg custard, but not sweet.

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