Nagasaki Champon

Japan · East Asia

A bowl of cloudy noodle soup with shrimp, pork, cabbage, bean sprouts, and fish cake.
Nagasaki Champon

Nagasaki champon combines chewy noodles with pork, fish cake, cabbage, bean sprouts and seafood such as squid or prawns. The ingredients are stir-fried before soup is added, and the noodles are then simmered with them. Seasonal shellfish can include clams in summer or oysters in winter.[1]

An origin account connects the dish to Chin Heijun of the Shikairo restaurant in 1899, who prepared an inexpensive meal for Chinese students. Champon became a home dish in Nagasaki as well as a restaurant speciality. Nagasaki-style broth is rich in pork flavour, while the Obama version from the same prefecture uses a lighter chicken stock.[1]

References

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  1. Champon — Our Regional Cuisines — Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries
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