Chawan Mushi

Name: Chawan Mushi
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 8 oz (250 g) chicken breast, cubed; 2 cups (125 g) spinach, rinsed; 8 medium shrimp; 4 large fresh shiitake mushrooms; 1 small carrot, peeled and thinly sliced, each slice quartered; Zest of ¼ lemon, finely grated, to garnish; 2½ cups (625 ml) Basic Dashi Soup Stock or 1¼ teaspoons instant dashi granules dissolved in 2½ cups (625 ml) boiling water; 2½ cups (625 ml) Basic Dashi Soup Stock or 1¼ teaspoons instant dashi granules dissolved in 2½ cups (625 ml) boiling water; 2½ cups (625 ml) Basic Dashi Soup Stock or 1¼ teaspoons instant dashi granules dissolved in 2½ cups (625 ml) boiling water; 1 tablespoon saké; 1 teaspoon soy sauce; 1 teaspoon salt; 4 large eggs

steamed egg Custard

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Japanese Homestyle Cooking

By Susie Donald

Published 2024

About

Ingredients

8 oz (250 g) chicken breast, cubed
1 tablespoon saké

Asia
Japan
Soup

Method

Marinate the chicken in the saké and soy sauce for 10 minutes. Drain and set aside. Blanch and chop the spinach. Peel and devein the shrimp, leaving the tails intact. Discard the stems of the shiitake mushrooms and quarter the caps.
To make the Dashi Custard, heat the dashi stock with the saké, soy sauce and salt until the salt is dissolved. Remove from