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ochazuke, rice with tea
A simple Japanese dish made by pouring green tea or dashi over cooked rice, usually topped with various ingredients like salmon, pickles, or seaweed.
If you use instant ochazuke mix, you can make it easily just by pouring hot water.
Usually said with the polite prefix お: お茶漬け. Varieties are named by the topping: 鮭茶漬け, 梅茶漬け, 海苔茶漬け.
Common collocations
- お茶漬けをかき込む: to shovel down ochazuke
- さらさらとお茶漬けを食べる: to slurp down a quick bowl of ochazuke
- お茶漬けの素: instant ochazuke seasoning
Cultural note
A light dish for late at night, after drinking, or when appetite is low; hot water or dashi is sometimes poured instead of tea. In Kyoto, a host's offer of ぶぶ漬け (the Kyoto word for ochazuke) is famously said to be a polite hint that it is time to go home.
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