Ochazuke

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Chazuke ([[wiktionary:茶|茶]][[wiktionary:漬|漬]][[wiktionary:け|け]]) or ochazuke ([[wiktionary:お|お]][[wiktionary:茶|茶]][[wiktionary:漬|漬]][[wiktionary:け|け]], from o + cha tea + tsuke moistening) is a simple Japanese dish made by pouring boiling green tea or water over rice roughly in the same proportion as milk over cereal. It usually has a topping. Common toppings include tsukemono, umeboshi, nori (seaweed), furikake, sesame seeds, salted Alaska pollock roe, salted salmon, and wasabi.

The dish is easy to make and provides a way to use leftover rice as a quick snack. It is also known as cha-cha gohan.

This dish first became popular in the Heian period, when water was most commonly poured over rice, but beginning in the Edo period, tea was often used instead.

In Kyoto, ochazuke is known as bubuzuke. When a Kyoto native asks if a guest wants to eat bubuzuke, it really means that the person has overstayed and is being politely asked to leave.

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