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Pork, Tofu, and Garlic Chives soup in a pot

Pork Belly & Cabbage Nabe Hot Pot

Cooking Japanese
This simple one-pot dish is packed with rich flavors, hearty ingredients, and warmth. Perfect for cozy evenings with family or friends. In this recipe, I’ll show you how to prepare two versions of the dish: the classic nabe and a variation with ramen noodles. Serving both allows you and your guests to enjoy two unique experiences in one meal.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course Main Course, Soup
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 2 people

Ingredients
  

  • 2 tablespoon sesame oil
  • 2 clove garlic
  • 250 g pork belly
  • 500 g cabbage
  • 500 ml water
  • 3 tablespoon soy sauce
  • 1½ tablespoon shiro-dashi
  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 2 tablespoon mirin
  • 1 tablespoon chicken stock powder
  • 1 tablespoon sugar
  • 3 g Katsuobushi Bonito flakes
  • 150 g silken tofu
  • 2 red chili pepper
  • 100 g Nira
  • 2 tablespoon sesame seeds
  • 1 bundle of ramen noodle

Instructions
 

  • Grind one garlic clove.
    Grinding garlic
  • Slice another garlic clove.
    Slicing garlic
  • Remove the seeds from the red pepper and slice it into rings.
    Slicing red pepper
  • Microwave 2 packs of katsuobushi at 600W for 1 minute without a cover.
    Bonito flakes in a bowl
  • Crush the katsuobushi into small pieces.
    Crushing bonito flakes by hand
  • Cut the cabbage into large, bite-sized pieces.
    Cutting cabbage
  • Rinse the nira thoroughly and cut it into 2-inch pieces.
    Cutting nira
  • Heat 2 tablespoons of sesame oil in a pot and add the ground garlic. Stir until fragrant.
    Stirring oil and garlic in pot
  • Add the pork belly to the pot and cook lightly.
    Cooking pork belly in pot
  • Remove the pork when partially cooked and set aside, keeping the pork juices in the pot.
    Removing pork from pot
  • Add the cabbage to the pot.
    Adding cabbage to a pot
  • Add 1 tablespoon of chicken stock powder, 1 tablespoon of sake, 2 tablespoons of mirin, 1½ tablespoons of white dashi, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 3g of crushed katsuobushi, and 3 tablespoons of soy sauce.
    Putting ingredients into pot of cabbage
  • Pour in 500ml of water.
    Pouring water into pot of cabbage
  • Cover, and cook for 8 minutes.
    Covered pot
  • Return the pork belly to the pot along with tofu.
    Pot with cabbage, pork, and tofu
  • Add the sliced red pepper and garlic on top.
    Adding sliced red pepper to pot of pork, cabbage, and tofu
  • Cover and cook for 5 minutes until the cabbage is soft.
    Covered pot
  • Add the cut nira on top.
    Pot with nira, tofu, cabbage, and tofu
  • Cover again, and cook for 1-2 minutes until softened.
    Covered pot
  • Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of sesame seeds over the dish and serve hot.
    Sprinkling sesame seeds on Pot with nira, tofu, cabbage, and tofu
  • Optional (for noodles): Cook ramen noodles 1 minute less than the package instructions.
    Cooking ramen noodles in pot of boiling water
  • Add the boiled noodles to the broth and serve.
    Adding ramen noodles to Pot with nira, tofu, cabbage, and tofu

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Keyword Cabbage, Hot Pot, Nabe, One Pot, Pork
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