Sukiyaki recipe (Japanese fondue)
Sukiyaki is a convivial Japanese dish, often prepared at the table. It's a sweet-and-salty broth-based fondue in which ingredients such as beef, vegetables, tofu and mushrooms are cooked. Sukiyaki is a true comfort dish, perfect for a meal with family or friends.
- Prep Time
- 10 minutes
- Cooking Time
- 20 minutes
- Servings
- 3
Ingredients
- 4 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- 200 ml dashi (or dashi powder, diluted according to instructions)
- 2 tablespoons sake
- 200 g thinly sliced beef (ideally beef for shabu-shabu or sukiyaki)
- 100 g firm tofu, cubed
- 2 carrots, thinly sliced
- 100 g shiitake mushrooms, sliced
- 100 g enoki mushrooms
- 1 head bok choy (or Chinese cabbage), cut into pieces
- 2 green onions, cut into 5 cm pieces
- 1 tablespoon sesame oil (for cooking)
- 2 eggs (to soak the cooked ingredients in the raw egg)
- Cooked Japanese rice (to serve)
- A nabe
Directions
- In a saucepan, combine soy sauce, mirin, sugar, dashi and sake. Bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and simmer over low heat for 5 to 10 minutes to allow the flavors to blend. Reserve the hot broth.
- Thinly slice the beef and dice the tofu. Slice the carrots, slice the shiitake and prepare the enoki mushrooms. Cut the bok choy and green onions into moderate-sized pieces.
- In a large frying pan, Dutch oven or nabe, heat the sesame oil over medium heat. Lightly sauté the scallions and carrots for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the shiitake and enoki mushrooms and cook for a further 2 minutes. Add the tofu and bok choy, then pour the hot sukiyaki broth into the pan.
- Simmer for 10-15 minutes until the vegetables are tender and the tofu is heated through.
- Add the beef slices to the stock in a single layer. Cook quickly (about 1-2 minutes, depending on the thickness of the slices), then remove and set aside.
- Serve sukiyaki in bowls with hot Japanese rice.
- You can also offer raw eggs to soak the cooked ingredients before eating them. For each person, place a few pieces of beef, tofu and vegetables in their bowl and add a little hot broth.
