Japanese Beef Sukiyaki (Traditional Sauce From Scratch)

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  • Prep Time

    10 mins

  • Cook Time

    20 mins

  • Additional Time

    30 mins

  • Total Time

    1 hr

  • Servings

    2 portions

  • Cuisine

    Japanese

Japanese Beef Sukiyaki (Traditional Sauce From Scratch)

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Ingredients

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Warishita Sauce

  • 3 tbsp sake
  • 3 tbsp mirin
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp light brown sugar
  • 3 tbsp water
  • 5 g dried kelp kombu

Sukiyaki

  • 1 tbsp beef suet or lard, fat
  • 250 g beef thinly sliced
  • 150 g tofu firm
  • 2 leaves Napa cabbage hakusai
  • 4 shiitake mushroom fresh
  • 60 g enoki mushrooms
  • 70 g carrot
  • 90 g Japanese leek or regular leeks, naganegi
  • 150 g Chrysanthemum Greens you can omit if you can't access this ingredient, aka crown daisy/shungiku/tong ho
  • 2 egg optional, pasteurized
  • 2 portions udon noodles optional, cooked

Instructions

Sukiyaki Sauce (warishita)

  1. Add 3 tbsp mirin and 3 tbsp sake to a small sauce pan and bring to a boil over a medium heat for 1-2 minutes.
  2. Lower the heat to medium-low and add 3 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp light brown sugar and 3 tbsp water. Stir over the heat until the sugar has dissolved.
  3. Place 5 g dried kelp (kombu) in the sauce and leave to soak at room temperature for about 30 minutes (or until the kombu has rehydrated).

Sukiyaki

  1. While the kombu is soaking, cut your ingredients and arrange them on plates. Cut the vegetables as follows;• 150 g firm tofu - large squares or rectangles• 2 leaves Napa cabbage - rough squares• Shitake mushrooms - trim the stalk and make a star pattern on the top using diagonal cuts• 60 g enoki mushrooms - cut off the roots• 70 g carrot - peel and slice about 1cm thick, use a cutter to make flowers etc (optional)• 90 g Japanese leeks (naganegi) - cut diagonally into 5-6cm pieces• 4 fresh shiitake mushroom - make decorative incisions.
  2. Once the sauce is ready, heat a wide, shallow iron pot over a medium heat and coat evenly with 1 tbsp beef suet (fat) or lard.
  3. After the fat is melted and the pot is hot, add the leek and cook until slightly charred.
  4. When the leeks are lightly browned, push them to one side and add the sauce, tofu and vegetables (except the crown daisy). Bring the sauce to a boil and then lower the heat to a simmer. 
  5. Make some space between the ingredients and add 250 g thinly sliced beef so that it's in contact with the sauce.
  6. Turn the tofu and add 150 g chrysanthemum greens (crown daisy/shungiku/tong ho) to the pot.
  7. Simmer without a lid until the beef and vegetables are cooked to your liking. (Approximately 5-15 minutes depending on the ingredient.)As each ingredient cooks, remove it from the pot and distribute between each person. Top up with more ingredients as you go.
  8. Give each person a bowl and a raw pasteurised egg. Each person should crack the egg into the bowl and whisk thoroughly before using it to dip the cooked sukiyaki ingredients. (optional)
  9. Once all of the ingredients are eaten, enjoy the last of the sauce by adding some cooked udon noodles.
  10. Enjoy!

Notes

  • Sukiyaki can be served with rice or cooked noodles can be added to the sauce. Popular options include konnyaku noodles such as shirataki and ito konnyaku.
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