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Scrub the dirt off the burdock root, and shave into thin small pieces.
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Remove the stems from the shiitake mushrooms and slice thinly.
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Shred the carrot.
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Cut the chicken into small bite sized pieces.
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Pour boiling water over the thin aburaage to remove the excess oil, cut in half and then cut into 7 mm strips.
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Put the [A] ingredients, burdock root, carrot and chicken in a pot and simmer for 5 minutes.
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Add the shiitake mushrooms and aburaage, and simmer until there is little liquid left in the pot.
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Let cool.
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Mix the kinshi tamago (shredded omelette) ingredients.
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Spread oil in a pan thinly and make very thin omelette (usuyaki tamago).
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Shred finely.
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Boil the green beans in salted water and slice thinly.
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Cook the rice using just a bit less water than usual with a piece of konbu seaweed.
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When the rice is cooked, remove the konbu seaweed.
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Mix the rice while it's still hot with sushi vinegar using a cut-and-fold motion and fanning with a handheld fan.
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Add the Step 3 ingredients and mix in.
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The key is to fan the rice to cool down rapidly, and to not mash the rice grains as you mix.
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Add the shredded omelette and green beans on top and it's done.
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Top with shredded nori seaweed just before eating.
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Homemade sushi vinegar: It's very handy to have this on hand.
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You can use this all-purpose soy sauce to make soba noodle sauce, mentsuyu noodle sauce, nametake (marinated enoki mushrooms), simmered dishes, egg rice bowls and so on in no time.