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Picture: I got lazy and did not cover the bowl with foil.

Ingredients (2-4 servings depending on size of cups/bowls)

  • 3 Eggs
  • 1½ cup of Dashi soup stock
  • ½ tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 tsp Sugar
  • 1 tsp Mirin

Optional Ingredients

  • ½ chicken breast (tenderized, cut into bite size & briefly boiled)
  • 2-4 shrimps (briefly boiled & depending on servings)
  • Fish Cakes
  • 1 Shiitake/White Mushroom (boiled, thinly sliced with stalk discarded)

Method

  1. Lightly beat the egg in a bowl.
  2. Strain the egg mixture (optional but recommended)
  3. Add cooled Dashi Soup stock, Salt, Soy Sauce, Sugar, Mirin into the egg mixture.
  4. Split Egg mixture into 2-4 cups/bowls.
  5. Add desired ingredients.
  6. Cover the cups (If no cover, use aluminum foils)
  7. Steam it!

Adapted from: About.com:Japanese Food & Rasa Malaysia

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Picture: Plain Chawanmushi :P 11/06/09