Sadogatake Chanko-Nabe Miso-Aji (Sumo Style Pork Hot Pot) |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 50 Minutes |
Ready In: 80 Minutes Servings: 4 |
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The staple dish of the sumo world is a hearty, filling one-pot meal, consisting of broth, vegetables, and meat or seafood, called nabe. When nabe is prepared by sumo wrestlers, it's called chanko-nabe, a name some believe refers to a sumo stable, master and his apprentices. The tradition of sumo wrestlers eating nabe supposedly began in the early 1900s, when star wrestler turned stable master, Hitachiyama, made a batch for his charges and realizing that the meal, usually cooked over a gas burner set on the table with diners gathered around, was not only nutritious and inexpensive but was also easy to prepare and eaten in a way that reinforced the communal aspect of the stable. It wasn't long before other stable masters were serving chanko-nabe, too. This recipe is from the sumo stable called Sadogatake. Ingredients:
2 1/2 teaspoons dashi (instant flakes) |
1 lb fatty ham, thinly sliced |
3 tablespoons sake |
2 tablespoons mirin |
3 tablespoons red miso |
3 tablespoons white miso |
1 medium carrot, trimmed, peeled, sliced crosswise on the bias, and blanched |
1 piece daikon radish, peeled, halved lengthwise, sliced crosswise, and blanched |
1 medium waxy potato, peeled, halved lengthwise, sliced crosswise and blanched |
1 medium yellow onion, peeled, halved lengthwise, sliced crosswise, and blanched |
10 ounces firm tofu, cut into 2 inch cubes |
8 shiitake mushrooms, stemmed and caps halved |
2 ounces enoki mushrooms, trimmed |
1 (2 7/8 ounce) package fried tofu, cut into 1 1/2 inch pieces (abura-age) |
1/4 head napa cabbage, cored and cut into large pieces |
1 bunch chives |
4 cups steamed short-grain rice (optional) or 1 lb udon noodles (optional) |
2 eggs, lightly beaten (optional) |
Directions:
1. Bring 10 cups cold water to a boil in a wide medium cooking pot over high heat. Add dashi flakes, reduce heat to medium, and simmer, stirring until flakes completely dissolve, about 1 minute.
2. Add pork, sake, and mirin to dashi and simmer, skimming any foam that rises to surface, until pork is tender, 15-30 minutes.
3. Dissolve red and white misos in 1 cup broth from cooking pot in a small bowl, then stir back into cooking pot.
4. At the table, set cooking pot on a portable stove in center of table and bring to a simmer over medium heat.
5. Add carrots, daikon, potatoes, onions, firm tofu, mushrooms, fried tofu, cabbage, and chives, in that order, and simmer until vegetables are just soft, about 5 minutes. The hot pot is now ready to be eaten self-serve style in medium bowls.
6. (Optional) Once all the pork, vegetables, and tofu have been eaten, use a small sieve to pick out scraps. Bring remaining broth in cooking pot back to a simmer, then add rice or noodles and stir in eggs.
7. Simmer until broth is absorbed by rice, about 5 minutes, or until noodles are cooked through, 6-8 minutes. Divide between bowls.
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