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Shabu Shabu

A hot pot dish where very thin slices of meat are quickly swished in boiling broth.

20 minutes
Serves 3
Dinner

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place the piece of kombu in a large donabe (clay pot) or fondue pot filled with 6 cups of water and let it soak for 30 minutes.

  2. 2

    Arrange the raw, thinly sliced meat beautifully on a chilled platter. Place the cabbage and mushrooms on a separate platter.

  3. 3

    Heat the pot over a tabletop burner. Right before the water comes to a boil, remove and discard the kombu to prevent the broth from becoming bitter.

  4. 4

    Diners use their own chopsticks to pick up a single slice of meat and gently swish it back and forth in the simmering broth (saying "shabu shabu") for 5-10 seconds until just cooked and no longer pink.

  5. 5

    Dip the hot meat directly into small bowls of either citrusy ponzu or creamy sesame sauce and eat immediately.

  6. 6

    Periodically add vegetables and mushrooms to the broth to cook, eating them as they soften, and skimming the fat from the broth's surface as needed.

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