How To Cook Japanese Chawanmushi

 

Ingredients

• 600 ml of water
• 2 packets of Japanese Dashi sachets
• 4 eggs
• Preferred choice of ingredients such as chicken meat, shiitake mushrooms, gingko nuts or crab imitation sticks
• Light soy sauce

Instructions

1. Boil 600 ml of water with 2 packets of soup base for 3-4 minutes.
   
   
2. Allow it to cool.
3. Beat 4 eggs and add a little pepper.
4. Pour in the ready soup base into the beaten eggs and combine it together. 
5. Sieve the egg mixture. 

   

   
   
6. Pour it into 6 small bowls and cover them with aluminium foil. 

   

   
   
7. Steam it for 15 minutes. 

   
   
8. Add in the chicken meat & shiitake mushrooms.
9. Steam it for another 20 minutes.
   Note: Make sure that the surface on top does not look watery untill it is all set and cooked.
10. Serve it immediately with a little light soy sauce on top. Enjoy!