Today I introduce you to “Homemade Authentic Sukiyaki (Kansai Region Style)”. Sukiyaki is a savory-sweet beef hot-pot dish. I said Kansai region (west part of Japan) because the cooking process is different from the Kanto region (east part of Japan).
It’s a beef dish, but is unlike American beef dishes. It is a very healthy dish because we use small amounts of very thinly sliced high quality beef and tons of fresh vegetables. It has a savory-sweet taste, so kids who usually don’t like vegetables very much tend to love sukiyaki vegetables.
As vegetables ingredients, I use tofu, Shimeji mushrooms, Napa cabbage, and Japanese leeks.
You can use any kind of mushrooms substitute for Shimeji mushrooms.
Japanese leek, which is called Naga-Negi, is slightly different from the leek found at many grocery stores in the US. Japanese leek doesn’t have dirt between the layers so we just wash the outside, cut and cook. You can use green onion or American leek as a substitute.
Sukiyaki is a hallmark of Japanese food. Cook the meat in a pot, season, and add several kinds of fresh vegetables. You can cook at the table if you have a portable induction cooktop. And while you enjoy the dish with your family or friends, you can add more ingredients and seasonings so it’s always hot from the oven.
In Japan when we eat Sukiyaki we dip in beaten raw eggs. Japanese eggs are under extreme hygiene control from laying to selling and they set a very short best-before period so it can be eaten raw. Of course, we generally don’t eat raw egg in the US so you can eat Sukiyaki without raw eggs.
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The recipe is
Heat beef tallow or cooking oil in a pot. Cook some sliced beef until some parts change their color.
Add soy sauce and sugar, and stir.
Add some vegetables and cooking Sake.
Cook until the vegetables get tender.
You can eat the beef first. While eating that, the vegetables should get tender.
Ingredients (4 servings)
1 Tbsp. Beef Tallow or Cooking Oil
1 1/2 lb. Very Thinly Sliced Spencer Roll Beef
1/4 heart Cut Napa Cabbage
2 Cut Japanese Leeks or 4 Green Onions
8 oz. Shimeji mushrooms or any kind
1 pack (14 oz.) Diced Tofu
4 Tbsp. Gluten-free Soy Sauce
4 Tbsp. Sugar
4 Tbsp. Cooking Sake
Enjoy!!!
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March 4, 2018 at 9:37 pm
Lovely dish – thank you for the recipe!
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March 5, 2018 at 2:26 am
Thank you!! Yes, this is a traditional hot pot and very yummy 🙂
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March 7, 2018 at 9:18 pm
I love Japanese food, thank you for the recipe!
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March 8, 2018 at 8:08 pm
Great!! If you can get thin sliced beef, please try this!! It’s amazing 🙂
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March 8, 2018 at 9:42 pm
Yes, I can get it in Chinese market. They use it for Chinese barbecue that use a boiler to cook as they eat!
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March 10, 2018 at 7:26 am
That’s good for you!! 🙂
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March 10, 2018 at 1:06 pm
Thank you, I love Japanese food also. My family in Hong Kong go to Japan a lot for vacations!
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March 10, 2018 at 10:26 pm
Awesome!! There are many great dishes in Hong Kong right!? Live in Hong Kong and travel to Japan a lot… I am so jealous 🙂
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March 11, 2018 at 1:17 am
Yes, I’m jealous also. I’ve never been to Japan. Hopefully I’ll do that next year. 🙂
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March 12, 2018 at 10:30 am
Wonderful!! Hope you can enjoy lots of Japanese dishes!!!!
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March 13, 2018 at 9:37 pm
Thank you, I’m sure we will!! 🙂
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March 14, 2018 at 6:52 am
🙂 🙂
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March 14, 2018 at 5:03 pm
🙂 🙂
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March 26, 2018 at 8:07 am
Sukiyaki is the best! I’m sad that the cold weather is going away now and all of the restaurants will discontinue carrying it until next winter 😥
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March 26, 2018 at 9:10 am
Thank you for stopping by! Yes, I know in Japan we care about seasonal food well so hot pot dishes are less and less in spring. But if you ask me, at least you are in Japan so you can easily cook Sukiyaki by yourself with great ingredients!! I am so jealous 🙂
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August 12, 2018 at 9:21 am
Mmm— yum! Sukiyaki – Kansai Style is preferable – is definitely my death-bed food!
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August 12, 2018 at 12:29 pm
Thank you!! I grew up with this Kansai Style so I can’t cook in other ways 🙂
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August 13, 2018 at 9:10 am
Same here!
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August 13, 2018 at 11:32 am
😉
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