Shabu Shabu Hot Pot

 

Shabu Shabu is one of Japan’s most popular hot pot dishes. The name “shabu shabu” is the sound when you stir the vegetables+meat with your chopsticks and ‘swish swish’ in the hot pot. Everyone sits around the hot pot at the table, cooks together, and eats while chatting. It’s a communal dining experience.

1 lb. sirloin beef, sliced very thinly

1/2 head of Chinese Napa cabbage sliced

1 pack enoki mushrooms

8 pcs shitake rehydrated

2 small carrots sliced thinly, on a diagonal

1 block firm tofu, cut into cubes

1 spring onions, chopped diagonally

4 inch kombu

Sesame Sauce

3 tbsp white sesame seeds, lightly toasted

1/2 cup dashi

4 tsp sake

1/2 tbsp mirin

1 tbsp soy sauce

1/2 tsp sugar

1 garlic clove, minced

Ponzu Sauce

juice from 1 lemon

3 tsp soy

3 tsp mirin

Light Broth for dipping:

In a pot with 4 cups water, add kombu, simmer 20 minutes and discard. Add a tablespoon of white miso, and soy to taste.