Ochazuke
Ochazuke (お茶漬け) or Chazuke (茶漬け, ちゃづけ) is a classic Japanese dish made by pouring green tea and dashi, onto a rice bowl filled with your favorite toppings.
Ingredients
- 175 g cooked Japanese rice HERE is how to cook rice.
- 50 g salmon You can ad as much salmon as you want! I add about 100g salmon but 50-70g is a good amount!
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Topping options (If you want)
- white sesame seeds HERE to buy
- nori (dry seaweed)
- mitsuba (Japanese wild parsley)
Dashi Option 1
- 1/2 cup dashi HERE is how to make dashi
Instructions
Preparation
- Rice : Let's cook rice first. HERE is how to cook rice.
- (Option 1) Dashi : If you chose to use dashi for Ochazuke, HERE is how to make dashi.
- (Option 2) Green tea : If you chose option 2, add water in a pot and turn the heat to medium. After boiling, turn the heat off and add green tea pack in the pot. Let it steep at least 3-5 minutes.After 3-5 minutes, take the green tea pack out from the pot. Add soy sauce in the pot.
Let's cook Ochazuke
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- Pat salmon with a paper towel and add salt to the salmon.
- In a baking pan, add parchment paper, and put the salmon on top.
- After the oven gets to 400°F, bake the salmon for 20 minutes.
- In a small bowl, add the cooked salmon and loosen into small pieces.
- In a small bowl, add the cooked rice first, then add cut nori and the salmon.
- Add your chosen soup (option 1 or 2) into the bowl.
Let's eat!
- This is great for breakfast! Add some white sesame seeds, dry seaweed, or mitsuba on top!
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