Kanazawa is a wealthy city in the Kaga region. With its traditional streets full of atmosphere, heart-warming hot spring villages, delicious food from the Japan Sea, and its rice-producing and sake-producing regions, it is a very popular tourist spot. Of the many local specialties, Ms. Ayano Watanabe (third-year student at the School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I), who is from Kanazawa, introduced jibuni to us.

Ingredients (2 servings)
1 boneless chicken
2 dried shiitake mushrooms
1/4 carrot
1/4 bunch spinach
Pinch of salt
Pinch of katakuriko (potato starch)
An appropriate amount of grated wasabi
【A】
A cup of dashi broth
1 and 1/3 tablespoons of soy sauce and mirin (sweet sake)

Recipe:
1. Slice the chicken into bite-sized pieces and lightly sprinkle with salt.
Soak the dried shiitake mushrooms in water.

2. Peel the carrots, cut them out in flower shapes, and boil them quickly. Then quickly boil the spinach, drain the water, and cut it into 4cm lengths.

3. Boil【A】and the mushroom soup in a pot, and put all the vegetables except for the spinach inside. Cook them long enough for them to heat up.

4. Cover the chicken with a thin layer of katakuriko and add it to the pot. Once it is well cooked, add the spinach and briefly boil it.
5. Place everything on a serving dish and add the grated wasabi.

Story:
Jibuni is a rather sophisticated dish suitable more for adults than children. Since there is wasabi in it, it was not a popular school meal when I was a child. But now I have finally come to appreciate the sophisticated flavor! Some other recommended local specialties include Ebisu (made by dissolving agar in eggs and leaving it to harden) and Dutch-boiled eggplant (made by simmering vegetables from the Kaga region for a long time). Another specialty indispensable on formal occasions is Kaburazushi, which reminds me of weddings, New Years, and other celebrations I have experienced.
Ishikawa Prefecture is famous for its tourist spots. However, in the aftermath of the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of March last year, a lot has changed. Since the population is decreasing, it is up to the younger generation to take a leading part in boosting the development of the city. Kanazawa is a city rich in tradition and culture. In order to disseminate information about the best aspects of my hometown, I am looking for things I can do from a local viewpoint.