Chirashi Sushi (5 Ingredient Chirashi Sushi)

• 80 grams Cooked bamboo shoots in brine
• 2 eggs' worth Kinshi tamago
• 3 pieces Dried gourd
• 1/3 Carrot
• 1 block Koya tofu
• 8 Dried shiitake mushrooms
• 50 grams Kamaboko
• 1 Shredded nori seaweed
• 1 Beni shouga red pickled ginger
• 450 grams White rice
• 5 cm square Kombu
• 1 dash less than usual Water
• 5 tbsp Vinegar
• 2 tbsp Sugar
• 1 tsp Salt
• 300 ml Water from re-hydrating shiitake mushrooms
• 2 tbsp Soy sauce
• 1 tbsp each Sugar/mirin/sake
• 1/2 tsp Japanese dashi stock powder

1. Cook the rice with the konbu.
2. Use a little less water than usual.
3. Moisten the gourds with water, then rub with a generous amount of salt.
4. Boil for 5 minutes, then finely chop.
5. Re-hydrate the shiitake mushrooms in 300 ml of water.
6. You will use the liquid later, so keep it.
7. Re-hydrate the koya dofu in water as well (about 3 minutes).
8. Chop the gourds, carrots, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, koya dofu, and kamaboko into 5-8 mm chunks.
9. Combine all the sushi vinegar ingredients into a pot and turn on the heat.
10. Once the salt and sugar has dissolved, immediately turn off the heat and let cool.
11. If you cut the kinshi tamago into squares, you can make it look real nice.
12. You can give the rough ends to your kids to eat.
13. Slice the egg crepe to make kinshi tamago.
14. Simmer the filling ingredients.
15. Bring the liquid to a boil, then cook the shiitake, carrots, and bamboo shoots over low heat.
16. After 15 minutes, add all remaining fillings and let cook for 2 more minutes to let the flavors absorb.
17. Transfer to a shallow container and let cool.
18. When cooking the rice, cook with a little less water than usual and cook with the konbu.
19. Once cooked, remove the konbu.
20. Mix up the rice in the rice pot and add the sushi vinegar, then mix into the rice with the rice spatula using cutting motions.
21. Once mixed in, cool with a hand fan to bring out the shine.
22. Mix together with the cooled fillings, then garnish with the kinshi tamago, shredded nori, and sesame seeds.
23. Serve with the beni shouga and enjoy!
24. To make kinshi tamago, see.
25. To make your own dried shiitake mushrooms, see.
26. You can make a very colorful chirashi sushi by adding shrimp or salmon, tuna, mackerel, octopus, squid, salmon roe, etc on top!

brine, eggs, gourd, carrot, shiitake mushrooms, kamaboko, ginger, white rice, water, vinegar, sugar, salt, water, soy sauce, sugar, stock powder

Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/153658-chirashi-sushi-5-ingredient-chirashi-sushi (may not work)