DISH RESEARCH · Soup
Hittsumi Jiru
Also known as: Hittsumi Soup, Iwate Wheat Dumpling Soup
Sueko Umezu’s hittsumi soup recipe published by MAFF tears its own rested wheat-and-water dough into a chicken, root-vegetable and shiitake broth seasoned with soy sauce, salt and sake.
About Hittsumi Jiru
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MAFF’s Iwate hittsumi entry credits local-cuisine researcher Sueko Umezu for a soup with hand-torn dough. Her selected recipe combines chicken thighs, root vegetables and shiitake with its own wheat-and-water dough.
The flour is sifted and mixed with water, then kneaded and left covered to rest. The entry describes the rested dough as thin and firm when pulled out and torn by hand.
Daikon and carrot are cut into strips, while chopped burdock soaks separately in water. Chicken pieces enter supplied dashi before the root vegetables join the boiling, skimmed broth.
The same dough is pulled thin and torn into bite-sized pieces over the pot. Thinly sliced shiitake, salt, soy sauce and sake join; diagonally sliced green onion goes in after boiling before the heat is turned off.
The source describes year-round home meals, shared farm-work gatherings and local events. It also identifies restaurant and school-lunch preparations, with regional river-fish, crab and sweet versions separate from this chicken recipe.
Ingredients in Hittsumi Jiru
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- Burdock Rootbase
- Carrotbase
- Chickenprotein
- Daikonbase
- Dashi stocksauce
- Shiitake mushroombase
- Soy Sauceseasoning
- Wheat flourbase
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- Iwate / Sueko Umezu chicken hittsumi recipe
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