Japanese cooking: Sukiyaki Rice (Meat,vegetable,rice in teriyaki sauce)
Japanese have many kinds of Nabemono Dishes,which is cooked right at the table. In western culture, idea is like Fondue dish. People sit around the table and enjoy the meal and talking. One of the representative Japanese dishes for Nabemono is Sukiyaki. You may have heard of the word "Sukiyaki" because there was a song titled Sukiyaki.
Authentic Sukiyaki dish is made by cooking thinly sliced beef and some vegetable such as Nappa,leek,Shiitake Mushroom,Tofu in soy sauce based sauce in Iron pot. Normally,people put vegetable,meat,Tofu in sauce in the pot and when cooked through,they pick it out and dip in their beaten raw egg and eat them.
I was told that eating raw egg here in US is not good. This is one of the dish I used to miss eating a lot when I came over here in US. But now, I can eat Sukiyaki with twist without beaten raw egg to dip the meat and vegetable in.
My mother made Sukiyaki now and then in Japan. When she made one,and if she had leftover vegetable and meat in soy sauce based sauce,she added cooked rice to it and made it look like risotto.Then,we finished the dish up. She usually used Udon for Sukiyaki too.Now I make her way with added Egg. It adds creaminess to the dish and still tastes like the traditional Sukiyaki dish.I don't put Udon but if you had time to cook Udon beforehand,you can add cooked Udon in this dish.
Here is how to make it.
1>Cook Kokuho Rose Rice (My favorite brand of white rice,very similar to Japanese rice)
2>Chop leek or green onion,slice yellow onion thin,cut half the "Firm Tofu" into dice, slice beef thin
3>Make sauce in the sauce pan
*Add 1/2C of soy sauce,1/2C of Mirin,1/2 C water,2 tbs of white sugar in the sauce pan and dissolve the sugar
4>Add all the meat and vegetable of your choice into sauce in the sauce pan, cook through
5>Add cooked white rice (You can eyeball the amount to add. I usually use the amount that 1C of uncooked white rice yeild)
6>Mix everything gently,and add beaten egg to the pan,cook through
7>Ready to eat
If you think this is too strong soy taste,you can add water to it little by little.It will dilute the sauce.
If you do not like the idea to put an egg to dish,you can always omit it
*** Mirin is sweet Japanese rice wine
*** If you like to make authentic as possible for Japanese dish,try get imported Japanese kikkoman soy sauce at Asian stores.It is big plastic bottle and cost about 6 dollars.I usually use extra fancy whole bean soy sauce that has only 4 ingredients in label. Kikkoman USA soy sauce is available at grocery store but it has funky flavor to it and,I don't use it.Chinese brand soy sauce tend to have caramel coloring to make it look like dark brew soy sauce,and again taste funky to my taste,and I don't use it. If you like to read more on soy sauce,please click here.
Enjoy Sukiyaki rice!!
Authentic Sukiyaki dish is made by cooking thinly sliced beef and some vegetable such as Nappa,leek,Shiitake Mushroom,Tofu in soy sauce based sauce in Iron pot. Normally,people put vegetable,meat,Tofu in sauce in the pot and when cooked through,they pick it out and dip in their beaten raw egg and eat them.
I was told that eating raw egg here in US is not good. This is one of the dish I used to miss eating a lot when I came over here in US. But now, I can eat Sukiyaki with twist without beaten raw egg to dip the meat and vegetable in.
My mother made Sukiyaki now and then in Japan. When she made one,and if she had leftover vegetable and meat in soy sauce based sauce,she added cooked rice to it and made it look like risotto.Then,we finished the dish up. She usually used Udon for Sukiyaki too.Now I make her way with added Egg. It adds creaminess to the dish and still tastes like the traditional Sukiyaki dish.I don't put Udon but if you had time to cook Udon beforehand,you can add cooked Udon in this dish.
Here is how to make it.
1>Cook Kokuho Rose Rice (My favorite brand of white rice,very similar to Japanese rice)
2>Chop leek or green onion,slice yellow onion thin,cut half the "Firm Tofu" into dice, slice beef thin
3>Make sauce in the sauce pan
*Add 1/2C of soy sauce,1/2C of Mirin,1/2 C water,2 tbs of white sugar in the sauce pan and dissolve the sugar
4>Add all the meat and vegetable of your choice into sauce in the sauce pan, cook through
5>Add cooked white rice (You can eyeball the amount to add. I usually use the amount that 1C of uncooked white rice yeild)
6>Mix everything gently,and add beaten egg to the pan,cook through
7>Ready to eat
If you think this is too strong soy taste,you can add water to it little by little.It will dilute the sauce.
If you do not like the idea to put an egg to dish,you can always omit it
*** Mirin is sweet Japanese rice wine
*** If you like to make authentic as possible for Japanese dish,try get imported Japanese kikkoman soy sauce at Asian stores.It is big plastic bottle and cost about 6 dollars.I usually use extra fancy whole bean soy sauce that has only 4 ingredients in label. Kikkoman USA soy sauce is available at grocery store but it has funky flavor to it and,I don't use it.Chinese brand soy sauce tend to have caramel coloring to make it look like dark brew soy sauce,and again taste funky to my taste,and I don't use it. If you like to read more on soy sauce,please click here.
Enjoy Sukiyaki rice!!
Posted by yassy at 7/3/2009 4:19 PM 
Categories: Asian cooking 911
Tags: japanese cooking sukiyaki food
Categories: Asian cooking 911
Tags: japanese cooking sukiyaki food
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