Japanese Cuisine: Ankake Tofu Kani Chawanmushi-Tofu & Crab Chawanmushi with Sweet & Sour Sauce Recipe
Tofu accomodated as Chawanmushi, a very popular dish in Japan
Ingredients
- 1) Tofu: 450 g (fine texture/kinu dofu)
- Eggs: 2
- Crab: 1 small can/shredded
- 2) For the chawanmushi
- Dashi: 2 cups (konbu dashi or fish dashi)
- Salt: 1 quarter of a teaspoon
- Japanese sake: 1 tablespoon
- 3) For the sweet & sour sauce
- Dashi: half a cup
- Soy sauce: 1 tablespoon
- Mirin/sweet sake: 1 tablespoon
- Japanese sake: 1 tablespoon
- Cornstarch dissolved in water: according to preferences
- Trefoil (or other leaves) for decoration: according to preferences
Directions
- -Chill the dashi. Beat eggs into fine omelette. Add dashi, salt and Japanese sake. Mix well.
- -Use a steamer for the chawanmushi. Chawan means tea bowl/cup and mushi means steaming!
- -Fill four cups with one fourth of the tofu, pouring it into the cups little by little with a spoon. Pour one fourth of the egss dashi mixture on top.
- Cover each cup with a piece of cellophane paper. Steam for 2 minutes on strong fire, then 20 minutes on a low fire.
- -While the chawanmushi is steaming, prepare the sweet and sour sauce.
- In a small pan, pour the dashi, soy sauce, mirin, Japanese sake and bring to boil.
- Shred the crab and add to sauce.
- Add cornstarch and mix well until sauce is smooth. Take off fire.
- Bear in mind that the sauce must be ready at the moment the chawanmushi is completely steamed, not before!
- -Pour an equal amount of sauce on each chawanmushi. Decorate with trefoil and serve!
- NOTE:
- The chawanmushi taste is a bit weak, while the taste of the sweet and sour taste is trong, thus attaining the right balance!
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Nutrition Facts
| Amount Per Serving | %DV |
|---|---|
| Serving Size 321g | |
| Recipe makes 4 servings | |
| Calories 34 | |
| Calories from Fat 10 | 29% |
| Total Fat 1.14g | 1% |
| Saturated Fat 0.35g | 1% |
| Trans Fat 0.0g | |
| Cholesterol 50mg | 17% |
| Sodium 113474mg | 4728% |
| Potassium 63mg | 2% |
| Total Carbs 0.75g | 0% |
| Dietary Fiber 0.0g | 0% |
| Sugars 0.15g | 0% |
| Protein 2.97g | 5% |
