Why We Love This Pork Sukiyaki Recipe
This Pork Sukiyaki recipe was introduced to me by a dear friend who lived in Japan and learned how to make so many delicious Japanese dishes! Pork Sukiyaki (ski-ya-kee) is a traditional Japanese dish usually cooked on a hot plate at the table. It’s a very social meal. Families and friends circle the sukiyaki pan stirring with chopsticks and taking bites as the components are ready. The meat (usually paper-thin pork or beef) and vegetables are poached in a sweet sake-based sauce and served over sticky rice, once they’ve simmered down. Pork Sukiyaki looks prettiest when it’s first put into the pan, but the muddled brothy aftermath is the true show stopper! When making Pork Sukiyaki at home, you can cook it family style, with one-third of the ingredients at a time, or use an extra large skillet and cook it all at once. Either way, the taste and texture will make you feel like you’re in Japan!
Ingredients You Need
Most of the ingredients for this Japanese hot pot dish were easy to find. The only issue we had was getting our hands on Konnyaku noodles, a yam starch, gelatinous noodle used widely in Japan. It’s considered a health food, and is gluten-free, low fat, and extremely low carb. If you can’t find it, you can definitely omit it!
Pork Loin – thinly sliced Mushrooms – cremini or shiitake mushrooms Enoki Mushrooms – the thin and long kind of mushrooms Green Onions – you will use all of the green onion here Napa Cabbage – sliced into thick pieces Baby Carrots – cut in half Tofu – cubed Konnyaku Noodles – Also call Konjac noodles (or omit, if you can’t find them) Oil – to sear everything in the pan Sukiyaki Sauce – made of soy sauce, sake, brown sugar and water
How to Make Sukiyaki with Pork
Sukiyaki Tips & Tricks
Usually, the meat used in sukiyaki is paper thin. But if you have a full pork loin and are slicing it yourself, it’s okay to have it a little thicker! Just cut it as thin as you can on your own. Serve this pork sukiyaki recipe over rice to soak up all of that delicious sake sauce! Use a Junmai type of sake for the most deep flavor with a touch of umami goodness!
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