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Cream stew (クリームシチュー): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-11-03

Cream stew (クリームシチュー) is a Japanese food classified as soup. Ingredients listed for it include cabbage, carrot, meat, onion, potato.

Name in Japaneseクリームシチュー
Typesoup
Main ingredientscabbage, carrot, meat, onion, potato, roux, vegetable, water
Background readingWikipedia (English)

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