Easy Homemade Sukiyaki
Enjoy the taste of Japanese sukiyaki at home with this easy recipe. Choose whatever ingredients you enjoy and adapt the amounts depending on how many guests you are serving. This recipe is super flexible and great for the family.
- Prep time
- 20 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1/3 cup mirin
- 1/3 cup sake
- 1/3 cup Japanese soy sauce
- 1-2 cups water
- 1 tsp dashi powder
- 1 lb thinly sliced beef
- 1/4 head napa cabbage (chopped)
- 1/4 onion (sliced)
- 1/2 block tofu (cubed)
- 2 medium carrots (sliced)
- 4-5 medium shiitake mushrooms (sliced)
- 1 pack udon
Instructions
- 1
In a 10-12 inch skillet with deep sides, combined sugar, sake, mirin, and soy sauce.
- 2
Bring to boil and simmer for 2-3 minutes to boil off the alcohol.
- 3
Add 1 cup water and 1 tsp dashi powder. Bring back to a simmer. Taste your broth and dilute with more water as needed according to how salty you like your sukiyaki broth.
- 4
Add in all sukiyaki ingredients in order of cook time from longest to shortest. For example, add in the carrots and let simmer for 5 minutes before adding in cabbage. Then a few minutes later add the onions, mushroom, and tofu.
- 5
Add in udon and finally the beef last, so as not to overcook them.
- 6
Serve immediately over white rice.