sukiyaki recipe

another simple recipe that i just tried recently... sukiyaki is somewhat like a mixture of stew & steamboat but just that the soup base is soy sauce.... really simple to cook especially when you get the off the shelf sukiyaki sauce.... my version is improvised from the traditional sukiyaki method but i think it tasted equally nice

ingredients (for 3pax):
beef slices          1 pack (400g) can get the sukiyaki cut from NTUC which cost about $8, or if you are skillful enough, can always just get a slap of meat & cut it yourself....
leek                    1 - 2 stalks, personally i like to eat leek so i added more... normally 1 stalk is more than enough
golden mushroom       1 pack
other fresh mushroom        1 pack.... shitake mushroom is one of the choices... you can use any kind of mushroom you like
tofu             1 block, preferably the harder kind... cause silken tofu may disintegrate while cooking
sukiyaki sauce        1 bottle about 155mL

all the ingredients

sukiyaki sauce i gotten from Daiso = $2... can get it at NTUC at slightly higher price but a bigger bottle

steps:
1. wash the beef.... i know some people dont do that cause will wash away the beef taste but personally i think it is necessary because the meat has been frozen for so long & dont know how hygienic was the butchery.. it will take quite a few wash to get rid of all the bloody liquid & after that the meat will become slightly pale but thats fine & normal.....i will also remove some of the fats on the meat... again... this is personal preference
2. chop/slice all the ingredients

chopped ingredients

3. heat up the pan with about 1 tbsp of oil.... preferably a non-stick pan like the japanese use...

ideal pan but dont have to specially buy one for sukiyaki... normal 28cm non-stick pan will do the trick too

heating up the pan

4. lightly cook the beef.... let the beef turn slightly brown... DONT fully cook the meat yet
5. add in leek & other ingredients... i prefer the leek to absorb more taste so i added in earlier... if you prefer the crunchier leek... then add it later

leek

mushroom & tofu

6. add the sukiyaki sauce.... after pouring the bottle of sauce... i added in additional 50-80mL of water as the sauce seem a little too salty for me....
7. let the broth simmer for afew min & add seasoning to taste if necessary

sukiyaki done =)

normally the japanese eat sukiyaki on the table just like the steamboat, so they will keep topping up with ingredients.... but i am lazy so i just dump everything inside the pot at 1 go.... you can also in udon later on & use the sukiyaki sauce as soup base which is also yummy =)