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zosui, Japanese rice porridge
A rice dish made by cooking rice in seasoned broth with various ingredients. Often made with leftover rice and served as comfort food or to finish a hot pot meal.
鍋の後に雑炊を作りました。
I made zosui after the hot pot meal.
風邪を引いたときは雑炊が食べやすいです。
Zosui is easy to eat when you have a cold.
卵を入れた雑炊は美味しいです。
Zosui with egg is delicious.
残ったご飯で雑炊を作ると、簡単に一品できます。
You can easily make a dish by using leftover rice to make zosui.
鍋の後の出汁がよく出たスープで作る雑炊は、締めにぴったりの一品です。
Zosui made with the richly flavored broth left after a hot pot is the perfect finishing dish.
締め refers to the final dish to finish a meal
雑炊 is a Japanese rice porridge made by simmering rice in seasoned broth.
Characteristics:
- Made with cooked rice (unlike 粥/okayu which starts with raw rice)
- Uses flavorful broth (dashi, hot pot liquid)
- Rice retains some texture
- Often has egg swirled in at the end
Common occasions:
- After 鍋料理 (hot pot) - uses the flavorful remaining broth
- When sick - easy to digest comfort food
- Late-night meal
Common additions:
- 卵 (egg)
- 葱 (green onion)
- 海苔 (seaweed)
Related:
- 粥 / お粥 - rice porridge made from raw rice