To go along with the other posts that I made about typical food here in Japan, I thought I would highlight another type of food that is pretty common here:
Nabe - pronounced Nah-bay
Nabe or Nabemono is a Japanese dish where you cook all the things you are going to eat in one pot.
Nabe is the broad term for cooking everything together in one pot, but each sauce has its own name, as there are many types of nabe. For example one type of nabe is Sukiyaki (pronounced Soo-key-yah-key). This type of nabe is usually with thinly sliced beef, slow cooked or simmered at the table in the same pot as vegetables and other ingredients. All the food is simmered in a shallow pot of soy sauce, sugar and mirin (a kind of rice wine with less alcohol content and more sugar than sake). With Sukiyaki, before the food is eaten the it is usually dipped in a small bowl of beaten raw eggs.
Sukiyaki is only one type of Nabe and there are many! The sauce aisle here in the grocery store is filled with sauces for Nabe and since many times everyone eats out of the same pot, it is considered a very social way to eat. And good too.
If your looking for something different to try for your next dinner, why not give Nabe a try. I am sure you can find many recipies online and since you can choose your vegetables and ingredients, you can basically make it to your liking.
Bon appetit or in Japanese, いただきます (ee-tah-dah-key-mas)
Nabe - pronounced Nah-bay
Nabe or Nabemono is a Japanese dish where you cook all the things you are going to eat in one pot.
Nabe is the broad term for cooking everything together in one pot, but each sauce has its own name, as there are many types of nabe. For example one type of nabe is Sukiyaki (pronounced Soo-key-yah-key). This type of nabe is usually with thinly sliced beef, slow cooked or simmered at the table in the same pot as vegetables and other ingredients. All the food is simmered in a shallow pot of soy sauce, sugar and mirin (a kind of rice wine with less alcohol content and more sugar than sake). With Sukiyaki, before the food is eaten the it is usually dipped in a small bowl of beaten raw eggs.
Sukiyaki is only one type of Nabe and there are many! The sauce aisle here in the grocery store is filled with sauces for Nabe and since many times everyone eats out of the same pot, it is considered a very social way to eat. And good too.
If your looking for something different to try for your next dinner, why not give Nabe a try. I am sure you can find many recipies online and since you can choose your vegetables and ingredients, you can basically make it to your liking.
Bon appetit or in Japanese, いただきます (ee-tah-dah-key-mas)
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