FAQs
Kansai style sukiyaki is eaten in stages. First, thinly cut meat is quickly seared in the pot before adding soy sauce and sugar. The meat is then eaten, dipped into raw egg to mellow out the strong sweet and salty flavors.
Do you mix the egg in sukiyaki? ›
Sukiyaki is comprised of thinly sliced meat, usually beef, simmered in a salty, savory broth alongside tofu and vegetables, and then dipped in beaten, raw egg before being eaten.
Can I eat sukiyaki alone? ›
“There are dishes, like sukiyaki, which are delicious but are meant for sharing,” says Daishiro. “If you eat on your own, you don't have to.” “It's the same with yakiniku, the Korean-style barbeque where you share the food,” adds Toshihiro.
Is it sukiyaki or sukiyaki? ›
Sukiyaki (すき焼き)
We sear thinly sliced beef and then cooked it alongside other ingredients in a sweet and salty soy sauce-based sauce. It is full of bold flavors straight from the pot.
Why is sukiyaki so expensive? ›
Some higher quality beef comes from cows that are fed beer and frequently massaged to fatten them up just right. Such stock is treated as a high-end brand in Japan. High-class restaurants that specialize in sukiyaki or shabu-shabu are generally very expensive due to the high quality of meat used.
Is Japanese sukiyaki healthy? ›
Sukiyaki. Similar to shabu shabu, sukiyaki could be a healthier choice if you decide to add extra vegetables instead of meat and watch the sukiyaki sauce, which is called warish*ta. Warish*ta can contain quite a bit of sugar and other sweeteners.
Why do Japanese dip meat in raw eggs? ›
With Kanto-style sukiyaki, once the ingredients have been fried and cooked in warish*ta or another kind of dashi, they are usually dipped in raw egg before eating. Dipping the warish*ta-infused ingredients into the raw egg gives them a mellow taste.
Is sukiyaki eaten with rice? ›
Introduction: Sukiyaki (Japanese Beef Hot Pot)
It consists of thinly sliced beef and various vegetables slowly simmered in a sweet and salty soy sauce based broth. The food is usually dipped in raw, beaten eggs and eaten with rice (but if this doesn't appeal to you then you can just have it straight from the pot too).
What cut of meat is used for sukiyaki? ›
Thinly Sliced Beef Chuck/Ribeye for Sukiyaki.
What are the 2 types of sukiyaki? ›
Kanto-style or Kansai-style? Sukiyaki is prepared in different ways in Kanto region and Kansai region. Sukiyaki in Kanto style is based on gyunabe (beef pot), which became a huge hit among people in the Meiji period as the cultural civilization was nationally promoted.
Sukiyaki is a Japanese dish of fatty beef, vegetables, tofu, and noodles simmered in a sweet sauce.
Who invented sukiyaki? ›
Sukiyaki may have originated in Kansai, the western region championed by Osaka. It is believed to have been started by farmers cooking their food on “suki”, translating to a shovel or plow, a metal flat object, initially using miso before soy sauce became more prevalent.
What does yaki mean in Japanese? ›
The word "yaki" (meaning, basically, "cooked over direct. heat") shows up in the names of many well-known Japanese dishes. Some of the best known include teriyaki (meat or tofu cooked in a glistening.
What is the Chinese name for sukiyaki? ›
寿喜烧 : sukiyaki... : shòu xǐ shāo | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary | Yabla Chinese.
What to eat with beef sukiyaki? ›
Serve this simple Japanese beef sukiyaki stir-fry recipe over thin Japanese noodles or rice, if desired.
How to enjoy sukiya? ›
Suki-Ya uses only premium quality pasturised eggs.
To enjoy, dip freshly cooked meat into egg. Dipping ingredients into egg also can take away some heat before you sink a bit into it.