Ochazuke, a traditional Japanese dish, offers a blend of hot green tea poured over rice and savoury toppings. This is the Nagatanien Salmon Chazuke.
Each package contained 6 sachets.
Each sachet contained flavoured granules containing a blend of salt, rice crackers, sugar, MSG, dried seaweed, green tea powder as well as freeze-salmon flakes.
Preparation involved placing 100 g of cooked rice into a bowl, adding a packet of the seasoning, and then pouring 150 ml of boiling water.
The dish maintained the deep, savoury umami of the original flavour, now enhanced by a more pronounced fishy note. Small rice cracker balls replaced the long strips, offering a similarly satisfying crunch that complemented the bits of salmon, which rehydrated to deliver an authentic taste of the sea while preserving their flaky texture. Despite the complexity of flavours, the green tea notes remained pleasantly subtle, allowing the other ingredients to take the spotlight. The result was a comforting and warming dish with a well-balanced flavour profile, making it more immediately appealing than the slightly sharp and acidic umeboshi version.
This Nagatanien Salmon Chazuke contained 34.8 g (5.8 g x 6 packets). It was produced in Japan and purchased in Tōkyō, Japan in 2023.