Chawanmushi (Japanese savoury custard)

Name: Chawanmushi (Japanese savoury custard)
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h 45 min
Total time: 1 h 45 min
Yield: 4 portions
Ingredients: 1050 g water; 1 tsp dashi powder; 4 eggs; 2 tsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp rice wine; ¼ tsp sea salt; 3 fresh shiitake mushrooms; 8 raw prawns; 2 spring onions/shallots

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Prep. 15 min

Total 1 h 45 min

4 portions

Ingredients

water
1050 g
dashi powder (see Tip)
1 tsp
eggs
4
soy sauce
2 tsp
rice wine
1 tbsp
sea salt
¼ tsp
fresh shiitake mushrooms stems removed and cups cut into slices (approx. 5 mm)
3
raw prawns peeled and deveined (approx. 100 g)
8
spring onions/shallots cut into thin slices, to garnish
2