Shabu shabu 【Japanese popular food】

Shabu shabu is one of the popular hot pot dishes that originated in Japan. There are a wide variety of shabu shabu styles, such as eating at home or in large numbers, high-end restaurants with high prices, and eating alone. This time, we will report on the situation of shabu-shabu in Japan.

What is shabu shabu?

Shabu-shabu is a Japanese hot pot dish in which thinly sliced bite-sized ingredients are cooked in boiling water or soup that has been boiled in a tabletop pot, and then dipped in a small bowl of sauce. Ponzu and sesame sauce are common sauces, and there are slight differences in the shape and manner of the pot used. Most of the stores use beef or pork for meat, and it seems that many Japanese shabu-shabu restaurants in recent years use pork, and octopus, bristle, Thailand, and crab are also used as ingredients for shabu-shabu. However, shabu-shabu, which is mainly made of seafood, seems to be expensive when eaten at a restaurant.

Wikipedia shabu shabu link

Shabu shabu set meal

Some stores sell shabu-shabu as the main set meal, which seems to be a little expensive, but it has a strong impression that some people eat it around a pot. is.

The shabu shabu set meal in the photo has white rice, pork and beef shabu-shabu, ponzu sauce with white sesame sauce, white vegetables, tofu, udon noodles, pickles, ponzu sauce and grated autumn leaves. It is a set meal. It is a hearty set meal.

Put meat and vegetables in a boiling pan and heat. Shabu-shabu meat is sliced thinly, so the meat will be cooked immediately, so if it is cooked without overcooking, it is a good way to eat it by quickly dipping it in a saucepan.

Cold shabu set meal

In addition to the type of shabu shabu that is eaten in a pot, there is also a way to eat boiled pork chilled, called cold shabu shabu. The set meal is the cold shabu set meal. I think that there are more restaurants that sell cold shabu set meals than shabu shabu set meals that are sold in hot pots.

Cold Shabu, which is a salad made from cold Shabu, is also sold at supermarkets and convenience stores and is very popular.

Make at home

Shabu shabu is easy to make at home, and it’s fun to put in the ingredients you like and eat them.

I also made shabu-shabu at home.
The ingredients are as follows.

Foodstuff

Pork (shoulder loin)
Chinese cabbage
Tofu
Enoki mushroom
Kelp dashi stock

I used pork shoulder butt, but I think you can choose the part you like.

Put water in a pot and add it after boiling. By adding kelp dashi stock, you can get the delicious taste.

 

Put the ingredients in a boiling pot. When the ingredients are cooked, they are ready to eat. Shabu-shabu is easy to prepare and easy to eat.

Ponzu and white sesame sauce

We will eat the finished ingredients by dipping them in ponzu sauce or white sesame sauce. Both ponzu sauce and white sesame sauce are sold in supermarkets in Japan.

Ponzu

White sesame sauce

Ponzu is recommended for those who like a light taste, and white sesame sauce is recommended for those who like a creamy taste. I think one of the ways to enjoy shabu-shabu is to eat while tasting both.

Shabu-shabu is a dish that originated in Japan that can be enjoyed by one person or a large number of people. Next time, I would like to introduce a dish that originated in Japan.

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