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Chirashi-zushi Osaka Style

A cooked, no-raw-fish scattered sushi: vinegared rice tossed with sweet-soy shiitake, gourd ribbons, shrimp and red ginger, tinted with the simmering liquor and buried under a drift of golden egg threads.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on1 h 5 min
  • Total2 h 28 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

sushi rice

  • 450 gJapanese short-grain rice (makes about 5 cups sushi rice)
  • 500 mlwater
  • 1 piecekombu, 5 cm square, wiped
  • 75 mlrice vinegar
  • 25 gsugar
  • 8 gsalt

mixed ingredients

  • 6dried shiitake mushrooms
  • 15 gdried gourd ribbons (kampyo)
  • 1 tspsalt, for rubbing the kampyo
  • 30 gred pickled ginger (beni-shoga), sliced
  • 4medium shrimp, shell on

simmering liquid

  • 360 mldashi
  • 4 tbspmirin
  • 1 tbspsugar
  • 3 tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce

egg threads

  • 1whole egg plus 3 egg yolks
  • 1 tspneutral oil

garnish

  • 4 sprigskinome (young sansho leaves)
  • to tasteextra sliced red pickled ginger

Diet

  • Pescatarian

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Egg
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Crustacean shellfish
  • Sulfites
  • Birds' eggs (any)
  • Bonito
  • Shrimp
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Cabbage family (any)
  • Bottle gourd
  • Ginger
  • Perilla (shiso)
  • Sichuan pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Shiitake
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Seaweed (any)
  • Kombu
  • Kelp
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh
  • Aromatic spice

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 45–90 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: low
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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