Chikuwa

Chikuwa
Chikuwa

Chikuwa (竹輪?) is a Japanese tube-like food product made from ingredients such as fish surimi, salt, sugar, starch, monosodium glutamate and egg white. After mixing them well, they are wrapped around a bamboo or metal stick and steamed or broiled. The word chikuwa, ("bamboo ring") comes from the shape when it is sliced.

Variants of surimi products such as kamaboko and satsuma age are popular. In Tottori, the per-household consumption has been the highest of all prefectures for the past 30 years, since the first year such records were kept.

There are several regional varieties. In the east part of Tottori and part of Nagasaki, tofu chikuwa is produced that adds tofu to surimi. Often, firm tofu is the preferred selection.

In Yawatahama, Ehime, Kawa-chikuwa (literally skin chikuwa) is produced, which uses fish skin wrap around the skewers and broiled. This is a by-product of regular chikuwa, however texture and taste are different.

In Shikokuchūō, Ehime, there is Ebi-chikuwa, which contains shrimp paste in surimi.

In Komatsushima, Tokushima, there is Take chikuwa (literally bamboo chikuwa), which remains on the bamboo after it is broiled.

As it is cheap and a relatively low-fat source of protein, chikuwa is popular as a snack.

Australian sushi restaurants may stuff the hollow with cheese, (processed or soft cheeses like Brie) and deep-fry them in tempura batter.


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать реферат

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Chikuwa — Chikuwa. El chikuwa (竹輪, chikuwa …   Wikipedia Español

  • Chikuwa — (竹輪, wörtlich „Bambusring“) ist ein japanisches Nahrungsmittel aus Zutaten wie Fisch, Surimi, Kochsalz, Zucker, Stärke und Eiweiß. Diese Zutaten werden gut vermischt, um Bambus oder Metallstäbe gewickelt und daraufhin gedünstet oder gekocht. Nach …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • chikuwa — a variety of Japanese fish paste cake; kneaded flesh wrapped around a stick and then baked …   Dictionary of ichthyology

  • Oden — (jap. おでん, auch: 御田) ist ein japanisches Gericht, das aus mehreren Zutaten wie gekochtem Ei, Daikon (Rettich), Konnyaku und Chikuwa besteht und in Dashi Brühe mit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jun Ichikawa — (市川 準, Ichikawa Jun?) est un réalisateur et scénariste japonais, né le 25 novembre 1948 à Tōkyō, mort le 19 septembre 2008 à Tōkyō[1] …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Oden — Plato de oden. El oden …   Wikipedia Español

  • Oden — For other uses, see Oden (disambiguation). Oden Oden (おでん) is a Japanese winter dish consisting of several ingredients such as boiled eggs, daikon radish, konnyaku, and processed fish cakes stewed in a light, soy flavoured dashi broth …   Wikipedia

  • Kamaboko — (蒲鉾?) is a type of cured surimi, a Japanese processed seafood product, in which various white fish are pureed, combined with additives such as MSG, formed into distinctive loaves, and then steamed until fully cooked and firm. The steamed loaves… …   Wikipedia

  • Surimi — (Japanese: , lit. ground meat , also called kani; zh cpl|c=|p=yú jiāng|l=fish puree/slurry) is a Japanese loan word referring to a food product intended to mimic lobster, crab, and other shellfish meat. It is typically made from white fleshed… …   Wikipedia

  • Kōji Yakusho — Infobox actor caption = Kōji Yakusho at the 10th Deauville Asian Film Festival in 2008. birthdate = Birth date and age|1956|1|1|mf=y birthplace = Isahaya, Nagasaki, Japannihongo|Kōji Yakusho|役所 広司| Yakusho Kōji (born January 1, 1956) is a… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”