Rice paddle
Japanese kitchen utensil / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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A rice paddle (Chinese: 饭勺, Japanese: shamoji (しゃもじ, 杓文字), Korean: 주걱; RR: Jugeok) is a large flat spoon used in East Asian cuisine. It is used to stir and to serve rice, to dip gochujang, and to mix vinegar into the rice for sushi.
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Rice paddles are traditionally made from bamboo, wood, or lacquer, and nowadays often from plastic.