Chanko Nabe (Sumo-Style Hot Pot)
Quick answer
- Total time
- 55 min
- Level
- Medium
- Servings
- 4 servings
- Ingredients
- 15
About this dish
Chanko nabe is a Tokyo hot pot associated with communal meals in sumo stables.
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Chicken thigh and chicken meatballs simmer with napa cabbage, carrot, leeks, mizuna, mushrooms, tofu, fried tofu, and kuzukiri in a garlic and ginger chicken broth. The ingredients are not added all at once: dense vegetables and raw chicken cook first, followed by mushrooms and stems, then delicate greens and tofu. Diners take fully cooked pieces from the simmering pot while the remaining ingredients continue to cook.
Instructions
Read the steps as a cooking flow: prep, heat, seasoning, doneness control, and finish.
- 1Prep
Cut 250g chicken thigh into 3cm pieces.
Cut 500g napa cabbage, 2 long onions, and 100g mizuna into 4cm lengths; slice 70g carrot thinly and halve 4 shiitake.
- 2Prep
Cut 150g silken tofu into large cubes.
Pour hot water over 2 fried tofu sheets, drain, and cut into 3cm strips. Soak or blanch 100g kuzukiri according to its package directions.
- 3Control
Combine 1000ml water, 27g chicken stock powder, 6g salt, 20g grated garlic, and 5g grated ginger in a hot-pot pan and bring to a boil over high heat.
- 4Control
Add the carrot, chicken thigh, and 10 chicken meatballs to the boiling broth.
Simmer for 8 minutes, skimming foam. When the chicken is coloring through, add the white cabbage stems, onions, and shiitake and cook 6 minutes more.
- 5Finish
Add the remaining cabbage leaves, mizuna, tofu, fried tofu, and kuzukiri and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.
Confirm that the chicken and meatballs reach 75C at the center, then serve fully cooked pieces with broth.
Practical Cooking Checks
The cues that matter most while cooking.
- Key technique
- Clear broth with chicken and chicken meatballs
- Finish cue
- Add the remaining cabbage leaves, mizuna, tofu, fried tofu, and kuzukiri and simmer for 4 to 5 minutes.
Cooking decision evidence
Calculated Charim data and applicable official food safety guidance.
This recipe
55min, 15 ingredients
Category median
40min, 9 ingredients
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