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Chikuwa (竹 輪) is a Japanese food ingredient in the form of
processed fish meat like a tube. Chikuwa is made from surimi ingredients
processed fish meat mixed with salt, sugar, flour, monosodium glutamate, and
egg white. After all the ingredients are well blended, the dough is wrapped
around a small bamboo stem or metal rod, then steamed or boiled. The term
chikuwa means "bamboo ring", referring to its shape after being
sliced.
Popular
examples of other varieties of surimi products are kamaboko and satsuma age.
The level of consumption of chikuwa per household in Tottori is the highest in
Japan over the last 30 years. Because of its cheap, nutritious, high protein
content, and low fat, chikuwa is popular as a snack in Japan.
All types of
white fish meat can be surimi (Japanese: 擂 り 身, meaning "ground meat").
Chikuwa can be
eaten simply, or made into a mixture of other dishes for nimono like
chikuzenni, chirashizushi, udon, yakisoba, yasai-itame, and Japanese curry.
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