American Sukiyaki Recipes

SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet or wok over medium-high heat. Brown beef in hot oil, then stir in soy sauce, MSG, broth, and sugar. Mix in onion and celery, and cook until tender. Stir in bamboo shoots, green onions, mushrooms, and water chestnuts. Reduce heat to medium, stir in cornstarch, and simmer until sauce is thickened.

SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Mix soy sauce, sugar, stock, and mirin together in a bowl. Arrange meat and vegetables on a large platter. Heat an electric skillet to 375 degrees F.
• Add oil to the skillet and heat. Brown meat in the oil, adding sugar slowly. Move the meat to the corner of the skillet when well browned. Add other vegetables, keeping each separate. Add sauce and cover. Bring to a boil and cook for 2 minutes. Uncover and turn all ingredients while cooking 2 minutes more. Serve on small plates.

SUKIYAKI OSAKA-STYLE

Steps:

• Cooking at the table: Put the empty sukiyaki pan or large cast-iron skillet over the heat source (or use an electric skillet) at the table. Start to melt suet in the pan over medium heat, using long chopsticks (or a fondue fork) to move it around so the entire pan bottom is well greased. The fat should smoke slightly. Quickly sprinkle about 3 tablespoons of sugar over the bottom and continue moving the fat in the pan (it should not be entirely melted yet.) The sugar will caramelize, turning brown and sticky. At this point, add about 1/4 cup water and 1/4 cup sake. There will be some sputtering (but this helps entertain guests). Add sake, stir; add dark soy sauce, stir. Begin the cooking by laying a few slices of beef into the pan. The beef should take about 1 minute to cook. Add more beef, switch to vegetables-including shirataki, tofu and fu-then alternate back to beef. Each diner should put into the pan whatever he or she likes. Add water (or half water/half sake) to the pan occasionally, as the sauce is reduced. The ingredients should not swim in the sauce; the liquid should just keep the pan bottom covered.
• Set each place with an individual dipping bowl into which an egg has been broken. This alone is the dipping sauce. (If you serve a whole egg at each place, which is attractive, provide a saucer or some vessel for the empty shells.) Each diner mixes the egg with chopsticks or fork. As with the other nabemono, long-handled fondue forks are best for anyone who is a little shy about using chopsticks, but dinner forks will do in a pinch.
• Before eating, dip cooked meat and vegetables into the egg; the thin coating of egg "cooks" on as soon as it is in contact with the hot food. There is no other garnish or relish. To end the meal, serve hot cooked rice, mild pickles, and Japanese tea as a final course. Serve hot sake or cold beer up to rice course.
• Suggested Sake: Rich Sake
• *Have your butcher cut well-marbled sirloin beef into very thin slices. .
• **Buy grilled bean curd (yakidofu) or use any type of bean surd (tofu) available. .

SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Combine first 4 ingredients in a small bowl; stir well, and set aside.
• Pour oil around the top of a preheated wok or large skillet; heat at medium high (375degrees) for 2 minutes.
• Add steak, and stir-fry for 4 to 5 minutes or until no longer pink; push steak up sides of wok.
• Add sliced onion to work and stir-fry 2 minutes. Add green onions, celery, and mushrooms; stir-fry 2 minutes or until vegetables are crisp-tender. Push vegetable mixture up sides of wok.
• Add bamboo shoots to wok, and stir-fry 1 minute. Add tofu, cabbage, and soy sauce mixture; stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or til mixture is thoroughly heated. Push mixture up sides of wok.
• Combine cornstarch and water, stirring til smooth. Pour cornstarch mixture into center of wok; bring to a boil. Push steak and vegetable mixture back down into center of wok. Stir-fry 1 to 2 minutes or til mixture is thoroughly heated. Serve immediately over rice.

AUTHENTIC SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Slice Steak into 2-3 inch strips as thin as you can do safely. Clean all Vegetables and slice into strips Julienne style. Now is a good time to premix your sauce since you will be very busy with stir frying later when you need to add it inches Mix Soy Sauce, Sugar, Ginger, Garlic, Pepper, Red Pepper, and 1/2 Cup of Water. Stir Well to mix and set aside.
• Heat 1 Tbsp of Olive oil in a Wok (or a large Sauce Pan) on high heat. Stir fry Steak strips until browned ( i usually let them boil in their own juices for a few extra minutes to ensure maximum tenderness). Drain fat from steak strips, add the remainder of your Olive oil and all your Vegetables except Broccoli and Bean Sprouts. Stir fry on High until vegetable are Tender Crisp (about 3-4 minutes) now add your Broccoli and Bean Sprouts ( if you add them to early they will wither and become mushy) stir fry an additional 2 Minutes. Now give your sauce a quick stir and add it into the Wok. Stir fry the mixture about 30 seconds. Now mix the remaining 1/2 cup of water with your cornstarch to make a slurry. Add the slurry slowly into your wok stirring as you go. Once the color of the juice in the wok starts to lighten stop adding the slurry. Reduce heat to medium and stir constantly for about 30 seconds as the sauce turns to a glaze. Serve immediately, best over Fried Rice.

TRADITIONAL BEEF SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Combine water, soy sauce, sugar, and sake in a bowl to make broth.
• Arrange beef, tofu, Chinese cabbage, yam noodles, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and green onion on separate plates on the table.
• Heat oil in an electric skillet or a large skillet set over a hot plate at the table. Add beef slices; cook and stir until browned, about 1 minute. Pour in some broth; bring to a boil. Stir in tofu, cabbage, noodles, shiitake mushrooms, enoki mushrooms, and green onion; simmer until softened, about 5 minutes.
• Ladle cooked sukiyaki mixture into serving bowls. Replenish broth in the skillet.
• Crack each egg into a small bowl and beat lightly. Serve sukiyaki alongside eggs for dipping.