時雨(しぐれ)煮(に)

しぐれに
noun
shigureni; ginger-and-soy simmered dish
foodcooking
1. shigureni; food simmered in soy sauce, sugar, and ginger
A preserved side dish of thinly sliced beef or shellfish cooked down in soy sauce, sugar, and plenty of ginger until glossy and strongly flavoured. Eaten in small amounts with rice.
牛肉(ぎゅうにく)の時雨(しぐれ)煮(に)を買(か)った。
I bought some beef shigureni.
ご飯(はん)に時雨(しぐれ)煮(に)をのせて食(た)べる。
I eat it with shigureni on top of the rice.
三重県(みえけん)桑名(くわな)のはまぐりの時雨(しぐれ)煮(に)は土産(みやげ)として有名(ゆうめい)だ。
The clam shigureni from Kuwana in Mie Prefecture is famous as a souvenir.

The name comes from 時雨(しぐれ), the brief late-autumn shower — said to refer either to the season the clams were best or to how quickly the dish is made.

Common collocations

  • 牛(ぎゅう)時雨(しぐれ)煮(に): beef shigureni
  • はまぐりの時雨(しぐれ)煮(に): clam shigureni
  • 時雨(しぐれ)煮(に)風味(ふうみ): shigureni-style flavouring

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Compare: 佃煮(つくだに) (food simmered in soy and sugar)
Compare: 甘辛(あまから)い (sweet-and-salty)
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