Sukiyaki Recipe

Sukiyaki Recipe

Kansai Style: Add condiments directly to the ingredients fried in the pan

Kanto Style: Season the ingredients with sauce called warishita

Ingredients:

14 oz (400 g) thin slices of beef (sirloin), cut crosswise against the grain into

  bite-size lengths

4 kuruma-bu* - soaked in water for 3 minute.  Squeeze the excess water out by

  sandwiching between palms of hands

Beef suet

1 block yaki-dofu (grilled tofu), cut into 8 portions

1 pack shirataki (konnyaku noodles)

3 naganegi (Japanese bunching onion)

1 bunch shungiku (edible leafy chrysanthemum)

 

Seasoning:

¾ cup sugar

¾ cup mirin

¾ cup soy sauce

 

Method:

Place shirataki in cold water and then bring to a boil for 5 minutes.  Dip in ice water and drain.  Cut into bite-sized lengths.  Leave aside.  Slice the naganegi diagonally.  Rinse the shungiku, moving from side to side.  Discard the root and the hard part near the root and set aside.

 

Heat a sukiyaki skillet (if unavailable, a frying pan will do) and melt the beef suet over low heat.  Take time until the skillet is well oiled.  The suet provides a richer taste than vegetable oil.  You may get it at butcher's shop.  Start with the negi.  Add several pieces of negi and fry lightly.  The negi gives flavor to the oil.  Spread beef slices over the negi and cook quickly.  While the beef is partly red, add 3 tablespoons each of sugar, mirin and soy sauce.  Add the shirataki, yaki-dofu, kuruma-bu and the remaining negi, a little at a time.  Season all quickly.  Before the beef is overcooked, add the shungiku and cook until soft.  When cooked, help yourselves, if you like, dipping in beaten egg before eating.  When the liquid is reduced midway, add dashi stock or Sake.  When all is eaten, start again by adding the several pieces of negi and continue the whole process.

 

To make Kanto-style warishita sauce:

Bring ¾ cup soy sauce, ¾ cup sugar and ½ cup mirin to a boil.  Add about ½ cup dashi stock.  Pre-cooked food is seasoned with the warishita.

 

*Kuruma-bu: Baked wheat gluten.  There is a hole in the middle like a wheel (kuruma).

 

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