Rice cracker soup

About Rice cracker soup

Senbei-jiru is a local dish that has been popular since ancient times, mainly in the southern part of Aomori Prefecture, and is particularly representative in Hachinohe City. This dish uses special southern rice crackers that don't easily fall apart, and is simmered by adding crispy rice crackers to soup made from chicken, fish, vegetables, mushrooms, etc. Rice crackers don't melt when boiled, and you can enjoy their chewy texture just like pasta al dente.

The roots of senbei soup go back to the Edo period, and it is said that it began when farmers used wheat and soba rice crackers baked at home as preserved food during the era when rice was hard to obtain. Rice crackers, which were valuable food at the time, were added to soup to add volume, and were widely used as a nutritional source to warm the body even in cold winters.

In modern times, it is common to add vegetables or konnyaku noodles to the base, add vegetables or konnyaku noodles, and stew it, but there are various variations in the Hachinohe region. There are also miso preparations using horse meat and salty rice cracker soup based on fish, etc., and unique flavors have been handed down in each household and restaurant.

Also, it attracted nationwide attention as sparking the B-1 Grand Prix, and is now widely known as a local gourmet representing Aomori. When you visit Hachinohe, be sure to compare and enjoy its deep flavor and chewy texture.

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