Izakaya Sakura Sukiyaki Sandwich 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.

IZAKAYA SAKURA SAUTEED SMELT AND MARINATED SWEET ONION

Steps:

• Finely slice a sweet onion. In a bowl, mix olive oil, rice vinegar and the onion slices.
• Lightly season the smelt with salt and pepper. Sprinkle flour over the smelt.
• In a large frying pan, grease a skillet with vegetable oil and sauté smelt on both sides for about 3-4 minutes each.
• Serve the sautéed smelt with marinated onion on the side. Mix the onion with daikon sprouts for color.

IZAKAYA SAKURA SUKIYAKI SANDWICH

Steps:

• In a saucepan, cook onion until softened. Set aside.
• In the same saucepan, cook beef on high heat until meat is medium rare. Add cooked onion and mix well.
• Add premixed sauce and simmer on medium-low heat, stirring constantly until the liquid is absorbed.
• On two slices of bread, top with sukiyaki beef and lettuce. Place remaining bread on top to make two sandwiches.

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. .

IZAKAYA SAKURA STUFFED SHIITAKE MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Put ground chicken, green onions, garlic, ginger juice, sesame oil, salt and pepper in a bowl and mix well.
• Sprinkle cornstarch over the stem sides of mushroom caps. Fill mushroom caps with the meat mixture.
• Grease a baking sheet with olive oil and place mushrooms stem side up.
• Bake for 10 minutes in the preheated oven, or until the mushrooms are piping hot and liquid starts to form under caps. Broil for 2 minutes until slightly brown on top.
• Serve with ponzu sauce.

JAPANESE SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook udon in boiling water, stirring occasionally, until noodles are tender yet firm to the bite, 10 to 12 minutes. Rinse with cool water to stop the cooking process and set aside.
• Heat a wok over medium-high heat and add oil. Sear beef slices in the pan until browned, about 3 minutes. Add sugar, soy sauce, sake, white wine, and white pepper. Add cabbage, celery, mushrooms, and scallions and cook 10 to 15 minutes more.
• Adjust seasoning if necessary with additional soy sauce, wine, sake, or sugar.

IZAKAYA SAKURA TERIYAKI CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut chicken thigh into bite-size pieces. In a small bowl, add sake, soy sauce, rice vinegar and sugar, and mix well.
• Heat saucepan, place chicken in pan and cook both sides until golden grown.
• Wipe off excess oil with a paper towel.
• Add sake/soy sauce mixture. Cook until liquid is mostly gone.
• Remove chicken from saucepan and place on plate.
• Cook the sauce in the saucepan for a few more minutes until it thickens. Coat chicken with sauce.

IZAKAYA SAKURA VEGETABLE MISO SOUP

Steps:

• In a small soup pan, add water, dashi powder, potato, carrot and onion.
• Bring it to a boil and cook until vegetables are softened. Add miso gradually by stirring with chopsticks.
• Serve hot.

IZAKAYA SAKURA CUCUMBER WITH MISO DIP

Steps:

• In a small bowl, mix saké, miso, rice vinegar and sugar to make miso dip.
• Serve sliced cucumber with miso dip.