Mizutaki Chicken Hot Pot

Ease:: Medium
Serves:: 4
Prep time:: 10 minutes
Cook time:: 35 minutes
Total time:: 45 minutes

Mizutaki is a Japanese hot pot dish made with chicken, tofu, vegetables, and classic Japanese seasonings. Prepare your own with our easy recipe.

Ingredients

500g chicken thigh

1 pack of tofu

1 hakusai chinese cabbage

8 shiitake mushrooms

1 leek

1 carrot

perilla leaves to serve (optional)

1 sachet dashi soup stock

ponzu citrus seasoned soy sauce dipping sauce, to taste

Method

Start by cutting up the chicken into small bite-size pieces: Slice 1 pack of tofu into small cubes. Cut 500g chicken into bite-size pieces. Slice up 1 cabbage into bite-size pieces. Remove the stems from 8 shiitake mushrooms. Cut 1 leek and 1 carrot into thin rounds.

Prepare the dashi soup: Mix 1 sachet dashi soup stock powder with 1L hot water and taste the dashi.

Start heating the dashi soup stock on the stove and add the chicken: Remove any foam or impurities that rise to the surface of the liquid. Turn the heat down after boiling and allow the chicken to simmer.

Add the other ingredients to the pot and simmer them until soft and fully cooked: In separate small serving bowls, add a little ponzu sauce and then dip the cooked ingredients in the ponzu before eating. Add some perilla leaves if you would like before serving.