Sukiyaki

Sukiyaki is a kind of japanese "hot pot". Very delicious and usually eaten with a raw egg.

Ingredients
Makes for about 4 people

• 400gr slices of beef


• 1 square of YakiDoufu (fried tofu), normal tofu is also good


• 2 naga-negi (long chinese onion)


• 1/4 Chinese cabage


• 1 pack each of shimeji and/or winter mushrooms




• 1/2 cup Soy sauce (100ml)


• 1/2 cup of Mirin (sweet sake)


• 1/4 cup of cooking Sake


• 1/4 cup of water


• 2tbsp of sugar




• A cube of beef fat or oil


• 1tbsp of sugar


• 4 eggs

Preparation
Cut all the vegetables in medium-sized pieces (easy to pick up with chopsticks). Place in a plate.

Heat the sauce (soy sauce, mirin, sake, water and sugar) first and bring to a boil then remove it from the stove.

Melt the beef fat in a deep pan then add a few pieces of beef and put 1tbsp of sugar and cook the meat. Add the sauce and some vegetables. Let it boil till the vegetables are cooked and eat straight from the pan.

This will sound strange to westerners, but put the raw egg in a cup and use it as a sauce to dip vegetables and meat in. It really adds to the flavor !

Usually, once the first batch of vegetables and the sauce have been mixed in the pan, the ideal way of eating is to put the pan in the middle of the table on a portable stove so everyone can add vegetables, meat and eat straight from the pan.

Also, if you have trouble finding the right vegetables or if you don't like beef, I'm sure any assortment of vegetables will make for a delicious experience.