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Kaki Dote-nabe Oyster Miso Hotpot

Name: Kaki Dote-nabe Oyster Miso Hotpot
Total time: 1 h 55 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 kg large shucked oysters (about 1 litre); 1 tbsp salt, for cleaning the oysters; 3 Japanese long onions (naganegi), or 4 leeks; 3 bunches edible chrysanthemum greens (shungiku), trimmed and washed; 2 bunches enoki mushrooms; 6 fresh shiitake mushrooms, wiped, stems trimmed; ¼ head Chinese (napa) cabbage; 1 piece kombu, about 8 x 13 cm, for the pot; 100 g red miso (6 tbsp); 100 g white miso (6 tbsp); 1 tbsp mirin; 1.3 L cold water; 25 g kombu; 30 g dried bonito flakes (katsuobushi); 6 very fresh eggs, for a raw-egg dip

A tabletop hotpot whose earthenware rim is plastered with a bank of red and white miso; oysters, leeks, chrysanthemum greens, mushrooms and cabbage poach in kombu dashi while each diner scrapes in miso to season the broth as it cooks.

YieldServes 6
Hands-on45 min
Total1 h 55 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

pot

1 kglarge shucked oysters (about 1 litre)
1 tbspsalt, for cleaning the oysters
3Japanese long onions (naganegi), or 4 leeks
3 bunchesedible chrysanthemum greens (shungiku), trimmed and washed
2 bunchesenoki mushrooms
6fresh shiitake mushrooms, wiped, stems trimmed
¼ headChinese (napa) cabbage
1 piecekombu, about 8 x 13 cm, for the pot

miso bank

100 gred miso (6 tbsp)
100 gwhite miso (6 tbsp)
1 tbspmirin

dashi

1.3 Lcold water
25 gkombu
30 gdried bonito flakes (katsuobushi)

to serve

6very fresh eggs, for a raw-egg dipoptional

Diet

Pescatarian

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Soy
Fish
Mollusk shellfish
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Tuna
Bonito
Oyster
Legumes (any)
Barley
Rice
Onion family (any)
Onion
Cabbage family (any)
Cabbage
Chrysanthemum
Mushrooms (any)
Shiitake
Enoki
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kelp
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Bitter
Richness / fat
Smoke
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Texture

Tender-braised
Brothy

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Winter

Occasion

Entertaining

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Needs advance prep
One pot

Nutrition

Calories: low
Protein: moderate
Carbs: moderate
Fat: low
Fiber: moderate
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: high

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