Natto
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Stringy fermented soybeans with a powerful aroma, loved as a Japanese breakfast food. The simplest serving is over rice with mustard and sauce.
What it is
Stringy fermented soybeans with a powerful aroma, loved as a Japanese breakfast food. The simplest serving is over rice with mustard and sauce.
Why is Natto on a site called Food Horrors? Because its ingredients, aroma or texture can surprise people who did not grow up with it. That does not make the dish inferior: this project treats unusual food as culture first, spectacle second.
Ingredients
- packaged natto
- cooked Japanese rice
- karashi mustard
- soy sauce
- spring onion
How to prepare it
- Stir natto vigorously to develop its characteristic strings.
- Add mustard and sauce.
- Spoon over hot rice.
- Finish with spring onion.
Taste, texture and how to serve
Approach the dish with a small tasting portion. The goal is not a stunt: observe aroma, temperature, texture and the traditional accompaniments. Strong flavours become easier to understand when tasted in their original culinary context.
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