Economical Sukiyaki
- 400 grams Shirataki (konnyaku noodles)
- 50 grams Meat (pork or beef, or whatever leftover meat)
- 200 grams Firm tofu
- 70 grams Maitake mushrooms (or enoki mushrooms)
- 1 leek Japanese Leek
- 50 cc Mentsuyu (2x concentrate)
- 2 tbsp Sake
- 1 tsp Sugar
- 1 tsp Sesame oil
- 1 Sesame seeds or shichimi spice
- Place the konnyaku noodles in a colander, rub with salt to remove the odor and cut into whatever length you prefer and drain the water (this shortens cooking time).
- Drain the tofu as much as possible with paper towels.
- Cut the meat into 1 cm bite-sized pieces, and finely chop the leeks and maitake mushrooms.
- Heat up a pan and add the konnyaku from step 1.
- Break up the tofu from step 2, and add to the pan.
- Fry until most of the water has evaporated.
- You can just leave it alone for a while, but make sure to drain it thoroughly.
- Add sake and sugar to the noodle sauce and mix well.
- One the water has evaporated from step 4, add the meat, maitake mushrooms, and leeks.
- Once the ingredients have softened from frying, add the sauce from step 5 and simmer.
- Garnish with sesame oil, adding sesame seeds and shichimi spice to taste .
- You can eat it with raw egg, just like regular sukiyaki.
- You can also eat it over rice.
- For those of you on a diet, you can omit the sesame oil!
- If you want to add more oil, then also add more meat.
- You can make more than needed and use it in bentos or save it for later since it doesn't have much water content .
- It is made with all healthy ingredients as well .
noodles, pork, tofu, maitake mushrooms, leek japanese, sake, sugar, sesame oil, sesame seeds
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/144861-economical-sukiyaki (may not work)