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Odori ebi (踊り海老): What It Is, Ingredients & Origin

Last updated: 2026-09-17

Odori ebi (踊り海老) is a Japanese food classified as sashimi, shrimp dish. Ingredients listed for it include sake, shrimp and prawn as food.

Name in Japanese踊り海老
Typesashimi, shrimp dish
Main ingredientssake, shrimp and prawn as food
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