Sukiyaki
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Type | Soup |
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Place of origin | Japan |
Main ingredients | Meat (usually thinly sliced beef), vegetables, soy sauce, sugar, and mirin |
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Sukiyaki (鋤焼, or more commonly すき焼き) is a Japanese dish that is prepared and served in the nabemono (Japanese hot pot) style.
It consists of meat (usually thinly sliced beef) which is slowly cooked or simmered at the table, alongside vegetables and other ingredients, in a shallow iron pot in a mixture of soy sauce, sugar, and mirin. The ingredients are usually dipped in a small bowl of raw, beaten eggs after being cooked in the pot, and then eaten.
Generally sukiyaki is a winter dish and it is commonly found at bōnenkai, Japanese year-end parties.
Ingredients
Thinly sliced beef is usually used for sukiyaki, although in the past, in certain parts of the country (notably Hokkaidō and Niigata) pork was also popular.
Popular ingredients cooked with the beef are:
- Tofu (usually seared firm tofu).
- Negi (a type of scallion).
- Leafy vegetables, such as Chinese cabbage and shungiku (garland chrysanthemum leaves).
- Mushrooms such as shiitake and enokitake.
- Jelly noodles made out of konnyaku corm such as ito konnyaku or shirataki noodles.
Boiled wheat udon or mochi (rice-cakes) are sometimes added, usually at the end to soak up the broth.
Preparation
Sukiyaki is a one pot dish (nabemono) that was developed during the Meiji era. Different regions have different ways of preparing suki]ame. One theory for the origin of the name is from the word suki (鋤), which means spade, and yaki (焼き) which is the verb to grill. During the Edo period (1603–1868), farmers used their suki to cook things like fish and tofu. However, sukiyaki became a traditional Japanese dish during the Meiji era (1868–1912). Another theory is that the name comes from the word sukimi (剥き身), which means "thinly sliced meat".[1]
The second allusion is the history of sukiyaki. Buddhism was introduced to Japan during the Asuka period.[2] At that time, killing or eating livestock was against Buddhist law. Therefore, eating beef was prohibited as cattle were labor animals. However, people could eat meat under some special circumstances such as when they were sick or at special events like bōnenkai, the year-end drinking party. In the 1860s, when Japan opened its ports to foreign merchants, foreigners who came to Japan introduced the culture of eating meat and new cooking styles. Cows, milk, meat, and eggs became widely used, and sukiyaki was the most popular way to serve them. At first, cattle was imported from neighboring countries like Korea and China as the demand for beef increased. Sukiyaki became popular in the Kansai region. Following the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake, lots of beef restaurants in Tokyo were closed and many people in Kantō temporarily moved to the Osaka area. While the people of Kantō were in Osaka, they got accustomed to the Kansai style of sukiyaki, and when they returned to Kantō, they introduced the Kansai sukiyaki style, where it has since become popular. Beef is the primary ingredient in today's sukiyaki.[1][3]
Sukiyaki was used notably as the title of a 1961 song "Sukiyaki" or otherwise "Ue wo Muite Arukō" as the actual title, so it could be short and recognizably Japanese in English-speaking countries alike. Despite the title, the lyrics have no connection to sukiyaki.[4]
Related dishes
- Shabu-shabu is similar, but whereas sukiyaki is considered sweeter, shabu-shabu is more savory. Shabu-shabu meat is even more thinly sliced and the individual slices of meat are cooked by dipping into simmering liquid at the table, while sukiyaki is cooked in a more casserole style. [5] [6]
- Sukiyaki in Laos takes the form of a bowl of bean thread noodles, various vegetables, thinly sliced beef and other meats or seafood, sukiyaki sauce, and a raw egg in beef broth. The sukiyaki sauce is made from coconut, fermented tofu, tahini, peanut butter, sugar, garlic, lime, and spices.
- Thai suki or Thai sukiyaki is a very popular hot pot dish in Thailand and, increasingly, neighboring countries. Despite the name, it bears only a vague resemblance to Japanese sukiyaki.
- Hot pot
- Fondue Bourguignonne and fondue chinoise
See also
References
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
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was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Japanese Buddhism: Part 1-A Brief History of Buddhism in Japan". BuddhaNet.net. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ http://baike.baidu.com/item/寿喜烧/62210 Baidu Baike
- ^ Bronson, Fred (2003). The Billboard Book of Number 1 Hits. Billboard Books. p. 1311. ISBN 0-8230-7677-6.
- ^ http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/jamie-oliver/shabu-shabu-recipe-1953244
- ^ http://www.justonecookbook.com/sukiyaki/
Further reading
- A Taste of Japan, Donald Richie, Kodansha, 2001. ISBN 4-7700-1707-3.