Surimi
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Surimi is a paste made from fish or other meat. It can also be any of a number of East Asian foods that use that paste as their primary ingredient. It is available in many shapes, forms, and textures,
Surimi made of ground fish
Crab sticks – imitation crab meat made from surimi
Chinese fish tofu, made of ground fish
Japanese kamaboko is made of surimi
Chikuwa
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Chikuwa is a Japanese fishcake product made from fish surimi. After being mixed well, they are wrapped around a bamboo or metal stick and steamed or broiled. The word chikuwa comes from the shape when
Surimi
…pollock, native to the seas around Japan, played an important role in the development of processed surimi due to its high protein biomass. Satsumaage, chikuwa, and hanpen were other major surimi foods prior to 1960. After World War II, machines were used to process surimi, but it was always sold fresh, since…
Typical chikuwa
Chikuwa on a shichirin grill
Chikuwa being made on a machine
Served at an izakaya