Soba Dojo Buckwheat Dough Hotpot
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- Total time
- 55 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 16
About this dish
Buckwheat dough rolled between the palms into thin strands shaped like little loach fish cooks gently in a dashi full of vegetables.
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Bound with egg and hot water, the dough should be as soft as an earlobe without sticking badly to the hands. Burdock, carrot, kabocha, napa cabbage, shiitake and chikuwa fish cake share the pot, which holds far more than a plain flour-dumpling soup.
Ingredients
Instructions
- 1
Blanch 50g leafy greens in boiling water for 1 minute, cool in cold water, and cut into 2 to 3cm lengths.
Cut 5 green onion stalks into 3cm pieces and reserve both ingredients for the finish.
- 2
Shave 50g burdock into thin diagonal pieces.
Pour hot water over 0.5 sheet fried tofu pouch to remove surface oil, then cut into strips. Shred 50g carrot and 50g napa cabbage, slice 50g kabocha 7mm thick, cut 30g chikuwa into rounds, and thinly slice 3 fresh shiitake mushrooms.
- 3
Beat 1 small egg and add it to 150g buckwheat flour.
Add 30ml boiling water gradually and knead for 5 minutes, until the dough is as soft as an earlobe, holds together, and does not cling heavily to the hands.
- 4
Pour 500ml dashi into a pot and add the burdock, fried tofu pouch, carrot, napa cabbage, kabocha, chikuwa, and shiitake.
Bring to a boil over medium heat, lower to medium-low, and simmer for 7 minutes.
- 5
Pinch off thumbnail-size portions of buckwheat dough and roll between the palms into thin 5cm loach shapes.
Add them to the simmering pot as they are formed and cook for 5 to 7 minutes, until a split piece has no dry flour at its center.
- 6
Stir in 3 tablespoons soy sauce, 1 tablespoon mirin, and 1 tablespoon sake and simmer for 2 more minutes.
Add the blanched leafy greens and green onions, wilt for 1 minute, then divide the buckwheat pieces, vegetables, and broth among bowls.
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- 일본 농림수산성 うちの郷土料理
鏡野町栄養委員会 · Checked: 2026-08-11
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