Shokkara-jiru
Quick answer
- Total time
- 40 min
- Level
- Easy
- Servings
- 2 servings
- Ingredients
- 7
About this dish
Shokkara-jiru is an island soup of Mikurajima, Shikinejima, and Niijima in the Izu chain.
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Taro is simmered until tender, then seasoned with prepared muroaji shokkara fish sauce and finished with separately blanched ashitaba. Shokkara is a pungent, savory condiment traditionally made by salting and fermenting small whole muroaji; a related soup on Izu Oshima is called enbai-jiru. Taro and the late-autumn-to-winter ashitaba moderate the fish sauce's aroma and salinity. This recipe uses commercially sold or hygienically prepared muroaji shokkara rather than fermenting raw fish at home, making the soup a short, reproducible preparation.
Ingredients
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Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Heat
Wash 4 bundles ashitaba, blanch in 1500ml boiling water for 1 minute 30 seconds, cool in cold water, squeeze firmly, and cut to 2cm.
- 2Control
Scrub and peel 8 small taro roots and cut bite-size.
Combine with 500ml soup water, boil, and simmer over medium-low for 15 to 20 minutes.
- 3Season
When taro is tender, add 1 teaspoon dashi granules, 2 tablespoons prepared muroaji shokkara, and 2 tablespoons sake and boil 2 minutes. Taste before adding any further salt.
- 4Heat
Add blanched ashitaba, boil just 1 minute, and remove from heat as soon as the broth returns to a full boil and the greens remain vivid.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Broth seasoned with prepared muroaji shokkara
- Finish cue
- When taro is tender, add 1 teaspoon dashi granules, 2 tablespoons prepared muroaji shokkara, and 2 tablespoons sake and boil 2 minutes.
- Avoid this
- Do not ferment raw fish at home; use commercial or prepared muroaji shokkara with clear production and storage history.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official cooking and food safety guidance.
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40min, 7 ingredients
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45min, 8 ingredients
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