Chawanmushi
Savory egg flan with chicken, shrimp, and vegetables
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 eggs
- 2 cups Dashi
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 1 tsp Sake
- 1 tsp Mirin
- 2-4 shrimp (sliced into 2 pieces each if big)
- 1/2 chicken thigh (cut into bite size pieces)
- 1-2 shiitake mushroom (sliced)
- Mitsuba leaves or green onion (chopped)
Instructions
- 1
Preseason chicken and shrimps. In a small bowl, mix chicken pieces with 1/2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp Sake. In another bowl, mix shrimp and 1/2 tsp soy sauce and 1/2 tsp Sake. Let them sit for a couple of minutes.
- 2
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix eggs, Dashi, salt, 1 tsp soy sauce, and Mirin together. Strain the egg mixture through a sieve. Let as much egg as you can go through the sieve.
- 3
Place 1/4 amount of chicken, shrimp, and shiitake mushrooms in each of 4 small cups (such as ramekins), then pour egg mixture over them to fill 3/4 of a cup. Cover with aluminum foil and put the covered cups into a steamer.
- 4
Steam at medium heat for 10-15 minutes. Check with a wooden skewer to see if it's done. If clear broth comes out when poked, take the cups out from the steamer.
- 5
Sprinkle Mitsuba leaves and cover again for 2-3 minutes.