Japanese Food Recipes - Japanese Sweet Soy Beef and Vegetable Hotpot Recipe

  
 

One-pot Dishes Recipes - Sweet Soy beef and Vegetable Hotpot

Ingredients

  • 12 dried or fresh shiitake mushrooms, stems removed and discarded

  • 500 g (1lb) beef tenderloin, thinly sliced

  • 250 g (8 oz) shirataki (or glass noodles)

  • 250 g (8 oz) firm tofu, cubed

  • 2 small leeks, rinsed and sliced diagonally

  • 120 g (4 oz) spinach, washed and coarsely cut in sections

  • 4 large eggs (optional)

  • 2 tablespoons oil

SAUCE

  • 180 ml (3/4 cup) soy sauce

  • 60 ml (1/4 cup) sake

  • 60 ml (1/4 cup) mirin

  • 125 ml (1/2 cup) water

Method:

  1. If using dried mushrooms, soak in hot water for about 15 minutes. Drain the mushrooms and squeeze out any excess water before use.

  2. Arrange prepared ingredients on a serving platter. Break 1 egg each into 4 small serving bowls.   

  3. Combine the sauce ingredients and set aside. Arrange ingredients in four small batches mushrooms, beef, shirataki noodles or glass noodles, tofu and spinach into a hotpot on a table-top hotplate. 

  4. Heat the oil into a hotpot on a table-top hotplate. Stir-fry the ingredients in batches, stirring continuously until foods are cooked to desired doneness.

  5. Diners can then remove cooked meat or vegetable from the hotpot, using the egg as a dipping sauce for the hot food. If you prefer, use ponzu dipping sauce instead.

  6. Replenish the cooking hotpot with remaining ingredients as needed.