Instant Ochazuke

A quick and simple Japanese rice dish

What is Ochazuke?

Ochazuke is a simple rice dish usually eaten after a main meal or as a small snack to keep you going between meals. As the name suggests, the dish consists of o’cha (Japanese Tea) poured over rice. Common toppings include: Nori, Salmon, Umeboshi, Mentaiko, Wasabi and Furikake (What’s Furikake?). Instant Ochazuke is commonly one of these flavours and will include Furikake.

The picture above is instant salmon ochazuke with extra salt salmon flakes.

How do you eat Ochazuke?

Kumiko

Posted by Kumiko

November 18th, 2009

2:13 pm