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simmered dish, boiled dish
Food prepared by simmering in seasoned liquid (typically dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake). A fundamental Japanese cooking method.
今日の夕飯は肉じゃがと煮物です。
Today's dinner is nikujaga and simmered vegetables.
祖母の煮物は味がよく染みています。
My grandmother's simmered dishes are well-seasoned throughout.
煮物は時間をかけて作ると美味しいです。
Simmered dishes are delicious when you take time to make them.
煮物は冷めるときに味が染み込む。
Simmered dishes absorb flavor as they cool down.
大根と鶏肉の煮物を作ったら、出汁がよく染みて家族に好評だった。
When I made a simmered dish of daikon and chicken, the dashi soaked in well and it was popular with my family.
煮物 is one of the fundamental Japanese cooking methods (煮る = to simmer/boil).
Common types:
- 肉じゃが (meat and potatoes)
- 筑前煮 (chicken and vegetables)
- 里芋の煮っ転がし (simmered taro)
- かぼちゃの煮物 (simmered pumpkin)
Seasoning base:
- 出汁 (dashi stock)
- 醤油 (soy sauce)
- 味醂 (mirin)
- 砂糖 (sugar)
- 酒 (sake)
Related cooking methods:
- 焼き物 (grilled)
- 揚げ物 (fried)
- 蒸し物 (steamed)