#ochazuke

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Food: Japanese ochazuke (green tea over rice)

Ingredients: rice, salmon, green tea, water, optional garnishes include soy sauce, wasabi, green onion, Japanese rice crackers

[niurd]

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[atmeal012]

[sunjinjo]

@lumier09 sent me some rice, green tea and umeboshi to get my ass in gear and finally make this :D :D Ah, the things we do for blorbo... (Shimi Chazuke)

Can recommend though! I used a bit too much rice for my own tastes (and the flower shape was impossible to achieve for now), but the filling healthy sense of 'this is good for you' of the rice and tea, and the delicious teriyaki eel, were such a good balance and a great sense of who Wanderer is, to me at least. Can definitely see him making this for people he cares about :')

Will attempt again and continue to perfect! :D

[afrenchladyinnc]

[nyannyannihon]

[fireflyfall]

it's the middle of the night and i got hungy so today we're learning how to make lazy ochazuke

your ingredients:

- rice (ignore the 36 hours on the rice cooker)

- tea (for authenticity i used green tea packets. two because the directions said 150 ml for one packet and that is NOT enough for me)

- packet nori (aka dried seaweed. seasoned or unseasoned is fine)

- leftover fish (any works. salmon is popular for this dish. i do not have leftover salmon)

- soy sauce (optional. seasoning basically)

step 1 is to make the tea. i already did that so now i take out the tea bags. i squish them with a spoon to get all the flavor out

and then i put the used tea bags into my eye mug to make more tea. using already brewed, diluted, long since cold barley tea because i want to see what happens. it's going in the microwave bc i forgot to heat up the tea sitting in the kettle before pouring it into my mug

anyways step 2: add rice

IMPORTANT: DO NOT STICK THE RICE PADDLE INTO THE TEA!!!! other people use that dont contaminate the rice paddle with other foods that's rude

if it does touch the tea accidentally tho that's fine just rinse the rice paddle and put it back

step 3: add fish

i haphazardly tore it apart with my hands because my leftover fish had bones in it. i did find like 3 bones in one piece but that was it. if you are using a precut salmon you will not have this problem.

now step 4. add nori/seaweed

you must crumple it up before putting it in or it will not look like fun little confetti flakes!!!! just a sad wet sheet!!!!! it is also easier to eat in crumpled up flakes. for this i used like 3 sheets of packet nori

also if you have furikake you can use that instead probably. i do not have furikake so it's juts nori for me

okay guys ready for the final step? okay so

step 5: add soy sauce (IMPORTANT!!!!) (optional)

yes it makes your ochazuke look a bit less aesthetically pleasing but i don't care i want my food to TASTE GOOD first and foremost!!!

add soy sauce to taste. i tasted it with none first, then added a splash of soy sauce and tasted it, then kept adding more until i liked the flavor. measure with your heart BUT BE CAREFUL ABOUT IT. you can always add more but you can't take out the soy sauce once it's in!!!!

and there you have it! yummy lazy ochazuke. i am satisfied.

also here's my abomination mixture tea, because i want to show off my eye mug. it is my favorite mug. the tea tastes good btw

[shylixxn]

I love these!! Artist: @Smokey_Moe on Twitter :D