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Chicken Sukiyaki
🇯🇵 Japanese

Chicken Sukiyaki

🇯🇵 Japanese

Gentle simmered chicken in a fragrant broth, finished with fresh herbs — the japanese answer to "something light tonight". About 40 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 30 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

  • Chicken500 g, thighs
  • Saltto taste
  • Garlic1, diced
  • Ginger3 cloves, minced
  • Soy Sauce4 tbsp
  • White Pepper1/2 tsp
  • Tofu300 g
  • Stock or Broth1 litre
  • Napa Cabbage300 g
  • Neutral Oil1 tbsp
  • Mirin3 tbsp
  • Shiso Leavessmall handful

Instructions

  1. 1

    Sweat the garlic in the Neutral Oil until translucent but not browned, about 5 minutes.

  2. 2

    Add the ginger and white pepper and cook for 30 seconds more.

  3. 3

    Pour in the stock, bring to a simmer, and add the chicken.

  4. 4

    Simmer gently until the chicken is just cooked through and the broth tastes rounded.

  5. 5

    Ladle into warm bowls and top each with shiso leaves and a grind of black pepper.

Chef's tip

For deeper flavour, toast the white pepper in the oil before adding anything wet.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Chicken Sukiyaki Recipe - Japanese Cooking 101 · on YouTube