Sukiyaki Recipe by Kusina Maria

Sukiyaki by Kusina Maria

Sukiyaki is a Japanese noodle soup. It is cooked by preparing tender thin slices of beef cooked on a pan-grilled on a skillet, with noodles, tofu and vegetables, and a broth made with dashi, mirin, Japanese soy sauce, and sugar.

Here is my simple Sukiyaki recipe formulated with the help of my aunts.

Sukiyaki

Good for 3 – 6 persons.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 kg tenderloin beef, sliced thinly
• 1/4 cup Japanese soy sauce – for the marinade
• 2 Tbsp mirin – for the marinade
• 2 Tbsp sake – for the marinade
• 100 g Shiratake or Chap Chae Noodles (jelly noodles)
• 6 cups water
• 1/4 cup dashi powder*
• 1/4 cup Japanese soy sauce – for the broth
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 Tbsp mirin – for the broth
• 1 Tbsp sake – for the broth
• 1 stem onion leeks, chopped
• 1 medium white onion, chopped
• 1 large or 2 medium carrots cut into rondelles (circles)
• 1/2 head Japanese cabbage or regular cabbage
• 2 – 3 pieces shitake mushrooms
• 1/2 piece tofu, sliced into cubes

*If you can’t find dashi, double the amount of Japanese soy sauce, mirin, and sake in the broth.

Procedure:

1. Boil water with dashi, 1/4 cup Japanese soy sauce, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1 Tbsp mirin, and 1 Tbsp sake. Once the broth is boiling, add the leeks and the white onions.
2. Marinate beef in 1/4 cup Japanese soy sauce, 2 Tbsp mirin, and 2 Tbsp sake. Pan grill in a non-stick pan. Set aside.
   

   Pan Grilled Sukiyaki Beef

3. When the broth starts to boil, user a strainer to blanch the noodles. After blanching, arrange the noodles in a ceramic pot or the serving bowl.
   
   

   Blanched Noodles for the Sukiyaki

4. Blanch each of the vegetables, mushrooms, and tofu separately. Arrange the vegetables, mushrooms, and the tofu on top of the noodles.


Veggies Arranged on Top of the Noodles

5. Arrange the beef on top of the vegetables.
   

   Almost ready

6. When the Sukiyaki is ready to be served, pour the boiling broth over the noodles, vegetables, tofu, and beef.
   
   

   Broth into the Bowl

7. Serve one egg over the soup or on the side.

Sukiyaki

When boiling the broth, make sure to add more water every now and then if it becomes too sweet or if too much water evaporates from the boiling.

With carbs, veggies, and protein in one dish, Sukiyaki can be eaten on its own as an entire meal. But most Filipinos eat is as a side dish with other dishes or as a viand with rice.

ENJOY!