Homemade Sukiyaki Recipe (Japanese Hot Pot) (2024)

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This sukiyaki recipe is made with vegetables and tofu in a savory and flavorful broth. A family friendly healthy meal done in less than 30 minutes!

If you need a delicious way to get in your dose of veggies, then hot pot is perfect choice. You can change it up for your preferences because almost anything goes!

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This post was originally published on January 20, 2015.

Japanese food is not in my Greek culture, but I grew up eating a lot of it. I love udon soups and miso soups but Sukiyaki is one of my top favorite warming meals!

Sukiyaki Ingredients

More often than not Japanese hot pot dishes are made with thinly sliced beef cooked either in the broth or in a cast iron pot, but since this version is a vegan take on sukiyaki I used tofu instead. See below for some variations, but here's what we usually use:

  • Tamari
  • Mirin rice cooking wine
  • Sake
  • Sugar
  • Rice noodles, shirataki noodles, udon noodles, cellophane noodles, or any you prefer.
  • Bok choy
  • Napa cabbage
  • Shiitake mushrooms, or other varieties such as enoki mushrooms
  • Chinese broccoli or broccolini
  • Carrots
  • Green onions
  • Extra firm tofu
  • Water
  • Oil or veggie broth for sautéing
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How to Make Sukiyaki

  1. Prepare the noodles by rinsing or soaking if necessary.
    • No need to boil, they will cook in the sukiyaki broth.
  2. In a large soup pot, sauté the green onions and mushrooms with a dash of oil, or broth, until slightly browned.
    • Remove and set aside to add later.
  3. Add the water, Tamari (or Soy), mirin, sake and sugar to the potand simmer until the sugar is dissolved.
  4. Mix in the broccoli and carrots to the pot. Simmer for a few minutes.
  5. Then add the bok choy and cabbage.Simmer a few more minutes.
  6. Turn the heat to low and add the mushrooms, green onions, tofu and noodles.
    • Allow to warm for a few more minutes until everything is just cooked.
  7. Turn off the heat, dish up into bowls, and serve.
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More Veggies for Hot Pot

The beauty of Japanese sukiyaki is that you can use a wide variety of vegetables. We like what I've included in the recipe, but feel free to choose from any of these hot pot veggies:

  • Mushrooms - shiitake, enoki, oyster, or brown mushrooms are best.
  • Onions - green onions, thinly sliced red or sweet onions.
  • Bell peppers
  • Spicy peppers
  • Broccoli or broccolini
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Corn
  • Cabbage - Napa cabbage (AKA Chinese cabbage), savoy cabbage, red cabbage, and even green cabbage can be used.
  • Bok choy
  • Kale
  • Spinach
  • Potatoes
  • Squash
  • Bean sprouts
  • Snow peas
  • Radish

Make sure to add in any firm veggies on the earlier side as they will take longer to cook. More delicate items like spinach should be added in just before serving.

Adding Protein

Boost your sukiyaki recipe with more flavor or protein!

I use extra firm tofu that simply cooks in the broth, but you could use grilled tofu for added texture, or any of these flavors:

  • Kung Pow Tofu
  • Crispy Baked Tofu Teriyaki
  • General Tso Tofu

Don't need this recipe to stay vegan? Feel free to add any of these ideas into your homemade hot pot creation:

  • Steak
    • Wagyu
    • Ribeye
    • Brisket
    • Short rib
  • Pork
    • Pork loin
    • Pork belly
  • Lamb shoulder or leg
  • Chicken
    • Breast
    • Thigh
  • Shrimp

Slice all proteins (with the exception of the shrimp) as thin as possible to ensure they cook fully in the sukiyaki broth. Alternatively you can sear or cook them fully in a separate pan before adding to the bowl.

What to Serve With Sukiyaki

Believe it or not, the authentic way to enjoy Japanese sukiyaki is with some raw eggs on the side to dip the meat in! It's not vegan, and it's not too common here in the states, but you can still up the flavor with these:

  • Sukiyaki sauce - this is made with soy sauce, mirin, brown sugar, and sake.
  • Dashi
  • Soy sauce
  • Sriracha
  • Chili sauce
  • Hoisin
  • Ponzu

You can also pair this hot pot dish with a side salad topped with Japanese ginger carrot dressing, or even some homemade vegan sushi rolls!

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Common Questions

What is sukiyaki sauce made of?

Most recipes use soy sauce, brown sugar, mirin, and sake. Occasionally dashi will be included as well.

What is sukiyaki soup base made of?

The base of this broth gets its umami flavor with soy sauce (Tamari for gluten free), mirin, sake, and sugar. The added veggies also contribute to the pverall taste of the soup.

What are the 2 types of sukiyaki?

The two types of sukiyaki are kanto style and kansai style. This sukiyaki recipe follows the kanto style where the sauce is added to the pot first and then the remaining ingredients are cooked in the broth. The kansai style is cooked and eaten in stages.

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More Soup Recipes

Warm up and fill up with any of these vegan soup recipes:

  • Vegan Noodle Miso Soup with Vegetables
  • Thai Vegetable Coconut Curry Soup
  • Tuscan Ribollita Soup Recipe
  • Creamy Vegan Potato Soup Recipe
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Homemade Sukiyaki Recipe (Japanese Hot Pot)

Sophia DeSantis

This sukiyaki recipe is made with vegetables and tofu in a savory and flavorful broth. A family friendly healthy meal done in less than 30 minutes!

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Total Time 25 minutes mins

Course 30 Minutes or Less, Main Course

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 4 servings

Calories 281 kcal

Ingredients

  • 4 cups water
  • ¾ cup Tamari orsoy sauceif you don't need gluten free
  • ¾ cup mirin rice cooking wine
  • ½ cup sake
  • 3 tablespoons sugar see note
  • 8 ounces asian noodles rice, shirataki, udon, cellophane or other noodles of choice (I did a mix)
  • 2 cups chopped bok choy
  • 2 cups chopped napa cabbage
  • 2 cups stemmed and sliced sh*take mushrooms
  • 1 cup Chinese broccoli or broccolini
  • 1 cup sliced carrots
  • 1 cup green onions cut into 4 inch pieces
  • 1- 14 ounce package extra firm tofu cut into cubes
  • oil to sautée veggies or broth if oil free

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Instructions

  • Rinse and soak noodles in hot water to soften, if necessary depending on the kind of noodles you chose. Shiratake simply need to be rinsed, but some cellophane and udon may need to be soaked in hot water to soften before adding. Drain when done.

  • In a large soup pot, sauté the green onions and mushrooms with a dash of oil, or broth, until slightly browned. Remove and set aside to add later.

  • Add water, Tamari (or Soy), mirin, sake and sugar to the potand simmer until the sugar is dissolved. Add broccoli and carrots to the pot. Simmer for a few minutes. Then add bok choy and cabbage.

  • Simmer a few more minutes. Then turn heat to low and add mushrooms, green onions, tofu and noodles. Allow to warm for a few more minutes until everything is just cooked.

  • Turn off heat and serve.

Notes

  • You can arrange switch up the veggies and protein for anything you prefer.
  • You can use regular sugar or another sugar like coconut or maple if you prefer.

Recipe by Veggies Don’t Bite, visit our site for more great plant-based recipes.

Nutrition

Calories: 281kcalCarbohydrates: 36gProtein: 20gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 0gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0gMonounsaturated Fat: 0gTrans Fat: 0gCholesterol: 0mgSodium: 2981mgPotassium: 1090mgFiber: 6gSugar: 18gVitamin A: 8285IUVitamin C: 93.3mgCalcium: 228mgIron: 3mg

Nutrition and metric information should be considered an estimate.

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  1. Barbara

    Delicious! I cut the coconut sugar in the recipe down to 2.5 T in our ongoing effort to reduce our sugar consumption. 3T would have been fine but it tasted great with 2.5 as well. We used our Zojirushi skillet so we could keep the food warm on the table and just keep refilling our bowls as needed. Fun communal experience. Will definitely make it again. Thanks so much for sharing!

    Reply

    • veggiesdontbite

      So happy you liked it! I love the skillet idea!

      Reply

  2. Ed

    Made this. It was amazing. But the broth turned out too sweet. Suggest to skip the sugar. Otherwise amazing!

    Reply

    • veggiesdontbite

      Glad you liked it Ed! I like the slight sweetness, but if you prefer it without then definitely leave out the sweetener!

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FAQs

What is sukiyaki broth made of? ›

It's very simple to make with just 4 ingredients: soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar. Some recipes already include kombu dashi in the sauce while others don't. I prefer to keep them separate so that the sukiyaki sauce lasts longer in the refrigerator (water/dashi in the sauce will not keep long).

Is sukiyaki the same as hot pot? ›

Another Japanese hot pot is sukiyaki, which follows a specific procedure. The dish requires preparing brown dashi made with soy sauce and sugar.

What meat is used for sukiyaki? ›

Thinly sliced beef is usually used for sukiyaki, although in the past, in certain parts of the country (notably Hokkaidō and Niigata) pork was also popular. Popular ingredients cooked with the beef are: Tofu (usually seared firm tofu). Negi (a type of scallion).

What are the two types of sukiyaki? ›

There are two main styles of sukiyaki preparation, the Kanto (Tokyo) style of eastern Japan, and the Kansai (Osaka) style of western Japan. Kanto style sukiyaki is done by heating sukiyaki sauce (warish*ta) in a pot before adding all the ingredients to simmer together. Kansai style sukiyaki is eaten in stages.

What ingredients are in sukiyaki? ›

Sukiyaki features vegetables, noodles, tofu, and steak served in a steaming, flavorful broth made with dashi, mirin, and soy sauce. This Japanese dish is traditionally cooked at the table in a pot of simmering broth.

What is the flavor of Japanese sukiyaki? ›

Sukiyaki is a type of hot pot dish known for its sweet and salty flavor, seasoned with shoyu, sugar, and mirin. In addition to thin slices of beef, common ingredients for sukiyaki include naganegi (Japanese leek), shungiku green, shiitake, tofu, and shirataki noodles.

Why is sukiyaki so expensive? ›

Some higher quality beef comes from cows that are fed beer and frequently massaged to fatten them up just right. Such stock is treated as a high-end brand in Japan. High-class restaurants that specialize in sukiyaki or shabu-shabu are generally very expensive due to the high quality of meat used.

What is better, shabu-shabu or sukiyaki? ›

From a diner's point of view, the best way to understand the difference between the two is to know that sukiyaki is sweeter, tastier and heavily reliant on the quality of its base whereas shabu-shabu is milder, simpler yet places heavy emphasis on the quality of the ingredients.

What is in a traditional Japanese hot pot? ›

Yose-nabe is the most common and basic hot pot dish, served at homes across Japan. Vegetables, mushrooms, meat and seafood are cooked in a pot of flavorful broth. The broth typically contains water, sake, soy sauce, mirin and dashi soup stock.

What is the Chinese name for sukiyaki? ›

寿喜烧 : sukiyaki... : shòu xǐ shāo | Definition | Mandarin Chinese Pinyin English Dictionary | Yabla Chinese.

Why is sukiyaki popular in Japan? ›

They began promoting meat in an effort to increase the size and strength of ordinary people. Thus, sukiyaki gradually became a common meal among Japanese people.

Is sukiyaki sauce the same as teriyaki sauce? ›

While they share many of the same ingredients, the main difference is consistency. Sukiyaki has a soup-like consistency, while Teriyaki tends to be thicker. Our Sukiyaki sauce recipe benefits from the superb flavor-enhancing properties of San-J Tamari Soy Sauce, giving it a rich, umami taste.

What does "suki" mean in Japanese? ›

Suki translates best to 'like', but it's used in Japan to express that you're romantically interested in someone. You can also use it to say that you like something, like food, a skirt, anything. Again, Japanese is highly contextual, so the object of your affection isn't indicated in suki desu alone.

Which brand of sukiyaki sauce is best? ›

Pantai Norasingh Cantonese Style Sukiyaki Sauce

Pantai Norasingh is one of the top brands when you think of suki sauce. The flavourful suki sauce has the perfect mixture of sourness and spiciness. I guarantee that those who can't eat spicy food will fall in love with the secret recipe of Pantai Norasingh.

Do you mix the egg in sukiyaki? ›

Sukiyaki is comprised of thinly sliced meat, usually beef, simmered in a salty, savory broth alongside tofu and vegetables, and then dipped in beaten, raw egg before being eaten.

What is shabu broth made of? ›

There are many different types of dashi (Japanese soup stock), but for shabu shabu, we use kombu dashi made with kombu (kelp). It is vegetarian and really easy to make. You can simply drop a piece of kombu in a pot of water and let it steep. That's it!

What is suki in broth? ›

Thai suki, known simply as suki (Thai: สุกี้, pronounced [sū. kîː]) in Thailand, is a Thai variant of hot pot, a communal dish where diners dip meat, seafood, noodles, dumplings and vegetables into a pot of broth cooking at the table and dip it into a spicy "sukiyaki sauce" before eating.

What is the difference between shabu shabu and sukiyaki soup? ›

Sukiyaki offers a rich flavor, seasoned with soy sauce and sugar, while shabu-shabu is fatty meat with a light flavor. This is something uniquely Japanese for you to enjoy, and a whole lot different than steak or stew.

What is the broth used in Japanese cooking? ›

Dashi (出汁) is a soup stock that is regularly used in Japanese cuisine to add sweet, sour, bitter, and salty flavors and umami.

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