How to pronounce Ichigo-ni

Ichigo-ni is written いちご煮 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /itɕiɡo ni/. In plain English letters that is ee-CHEE-go nee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Ichigo-ni?

Ichigo-ni is a soup or stew of Japan. Where it comes from: Hachinohe, Aomori. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are seafood. It tastes savory and fresh.

Where Ichigo-ni comes from

Ichigo-ni is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

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• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

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• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

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• Ishikari nabe 石狩鍋 · Soup & stew · Ishikari, Hokkaido

  Ishikari-nabe is a Hokkaido hot pot of fresh salmon simmered in a miso broth.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Ichigo-ni in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Ichigo-ni:

• Kongnamul-gukbap 콩나물국밥 · Soup & stew · North Jeolla, South Korea

  Kongnamul-gukbap is soybean sprout soup with rice in it, seasoned with salted shrimp and topped with spring onion and chilli.

• Binte biluhuta · Soup & stew · Gorontalo, Indonesia

  Binte biluhuta is a sweet corn soup of the Gorontalo people of northern Sulawesi, known in Gorontalo Malay as milu siram.

• Buddha Jumps Over the Wall 佛跳墙 · Soup & stew · Fujian, China

  Buddha Jumps Over the Wall is a rich soup of Fujian cuisine and one of China's state banquet dishes.

• Sinigang · Soup & stew · Tagalog region, Philippines

  Sinigang is a sour soup, and sourness is its point.