Hey everyone, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, jibuni-style hot pot with thick broth. One of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Jibuni-style Hot Pot with Thick Broth is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. It is appreciated by millions daily. Jibuni-style Hot Pot with Thick Broth is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

Add the hot pot ingredients and simmer. The broth will be thick, so add the ingredients little by little. Be careful not to let anything burn and do not add too many ingredients while it's cooking over high heat. Stir in stock, curry paste, soy sauce, brown sugar, garlic powder and ginger.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook jibuni-style hot pot with thick broth using 22 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Jibuni-style Hot Pot with Thick Broth:

1. Get 1 large package Chicken thighs (or pork or beef)
2. Take 1 Japanese leek (for skewering)
3. Take 1 dash Pre-seasoning ◎Salt ◎Ginger juice
4. Take 2 tsp ◎Sake
5. Make ready 1 1/2 - 2 tablespoons Katakuriko
6. Get 1000 ml ●Water
7. Take 3 square pieces ● Kombu to make dashi stock
8. Prepare 1 1/2 tbsp each ●Usukuchi soy sauce ●Mirin
9. Get 2 tbsp ●Sake
10. Get 2 tsp each ●Weipa ●Bonito stock granules
11. Take 1 tsp ●Sugar
12. Prepare 1/3 tsp ●Salt
13. Prepare Hot pot ingredients (add whatever you prefer)
14. Prepare 1/4 head Chinese cabbage
15. Make ready 2 bunches Bok choy
16. Prepare 4 Taro root
17. Get 1/2 block Tofu
18. Make ready 2 Chikuwa
19. Prepare 1 Japanese leek
20. Make ready 1 small or medium Carrot
21. Take 1 Mushrooms (any kind)
22. Get 1 ★Grated ginger ★yuzu pepper paste ★spicy mustard ★ichimi spice★wasabi

The guests cook the ingredients in the broth and eat them with a dipping sauce. If you are familiar with Japanese hot pot dish, you have probably heard of Sukiyaki. A one-pot dish with thinly sliced beef and assorted vegetables cooked or simmered in a sweet soy sauce based broth. Hot Pot (Sukiyaki) for One is one of the most popular hot pot styles among Japanese and wildly known outside of Japan.

Instructions to make Jibuni-style Hot Pot with Thick Broth:

1. Cut the meat into bite size.
2. Rub the ◎ ingredients into the meat. Then sprinkle the katakuriko evenly on the meat.
3. Cut the Japanese leeks and skewer between the pieces of meat. Add oil to a frying pan and fry the skewers on both sides to seal in the umami flavor.
4. They'll boil in the pot later, so at this point, just cook the skewers until they're 60-70% done. You could use pork or beef instead of chicken. The skewers in the photo were made with pork shoulder.
5. Wash the taro root and microwave at 600 W for 5-6 minutes. Peel and cut in half. The size of the taro root will change cooking time so adjust for your microwave.
6. Divide the Chinese cabbage leaves from the stems. Roughly chop the leaves and cut the stems into thin strips, almost to a julienne, so they cook easily.
7. Cut the bok choy the same way as the Chinese cabbage. Julienne the carrots with a slicer or a knife. Cut the chikuwa into bite-size pieces.
8. Soak the kombu in water and make dashi stock, being careful not to let it boil. Then remove the kombu and ● ingredients for seasoning. Mix in the ▲ slurry to thicken the broth.
9. At Step 8, the broth may not seem very thick yet, but when you add the katakuriko-coated meat, it will thicken even more.
10. Add the hot pot ingredients and simmer. The broth will be thick, so add the ingredients little by little. Be careful not to let anything burn and do not add too many ingredients while it's cooking over high heat.
11. Serve in individual bowls. Eat with the ★ ingredients and enjoy. If the flavor of the broth gets too concentrated, add water.
12. For the "shime" (the end of the meal), boil udon noodles, harusame noodles, soba noodles, or somen noodles in the broth. Any kind of noodles go well. I would also recommend cooking mochi cakes by dipping them in the boiling broth ("shabu-shabu").
13. Of course, adding rice, eggs and green onions to the broth is also good. Top with shredded nori seaweed sheets or crushed sesame seeds if you like.
14. If you're using any ingredients that release scum or takes a long time to cook, blanch first. Add any ingredients you like.

A one-pot dish with thinly sliced beef and assorted vegetables cooked or simmered in a sweet soy sauce based broth. Hot Pot (Sukiyaki) for One is one of the most popular hot pot styles among Japanese and wildly known outside of Japan. Set up butane burner or electric hot plate, and carefully ignite. Chinese hot pot is one of the ultimate communal dining experiences: Diners sit around a table, dipping prepared meats, seafood, and vegetables into simmering broths to quickly cook before eating. All that's required are a few key pieces of equipment and all the ingredients, prepped right.

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