Shabu-Shabu - East Asian Recipe

Shabu-Shabu

🌍 East Asian, Japan Difficulty: ●●●○○

"Shabu-shabu" is onomatopoeia — the swishing sound of meat in hot broth.

Ingredients

• 400g beef sirloin or ribeye sliced paper-thin
• 1 block tofu
• napa cabbage
• shiitake mushrooms
• enoki mushrooms
• scallions
• chrysanthemum greens. Broth: kombu dashi. Dipping sauces: ponzu (citrus-soy)
• sesame sauce (goma dare)

Method

1. Preparing — Prepare broth with kombu cold-steeped, then heated.
2. Arranging — Arrange vegetables around pot at table.
3. Step 3 — Each diner swishes their meat slice in the hot broth briefly (3–5 sec for thin-cut beef).
4. Dipping — Dip in ponzu or sesame sauce.
5. Cooking — Cook vegetables in broth as a side.

Tags: beef sirloin or ribeye sliced paper-thin, block tofu, napa cabbage, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms · Source: Brittani's Almanac