ingredients:
- 500 g boneless chicken thigh
- 300 g napa cabbage
- (Chinese cabbage)
- 1 long green onion or leek
- 120 g or 1/2 carrot
- 170 g or 4 shrimps
- 1 block tofu
- 1 tablespoon salt
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sweet sake for seasoning (mirin) or 1 tablespoon sugar
- 1000 ml bonito & sea tangle soup stock or bonito soup stock
- You can also add your favorite ingredients (e.g., shiitake mushrooms, konnyaku, cooked thick white noodles (udon)).
step 1:
Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces.
step 2:
Cut the napa cabbage (Chinese cabbage) into bite–sized pieces.
step 3:
Slice the green onion (or leek) diagonally into 5 cm. pieces. Peel the carrot and cut into 0.5 cm. slices.
step 4:
Cut the tofu block in half lengthwise, then cut each half across 3 times. Finally, place the knife halfway down the side of the block and slice across to form 16 bite-size pieces.
step 5:
Arrange the meat, shrimps, vegetables and tofu attractively in separate rows on one or more large platters.
step 6:
Boil the bonito & sea tangle soup stock (or bonito soup stock). Add the mirin (or sugar), salt and soy sauce in a big pan. Bring to a boil. Add the chicken, vegetables, tofu and shrimps, and cover.
Serve in individual serving bowls.
comment:
This dish is the most popular of the one-pot dishes, and is a very well-balanced meal because it contains chicken, fish and vegetables. This dish warms the body on a wintery day.