Mizutaki Chicken Hot Pot
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Mizutaki is another nabe style dish where a selection of meat and vegetables are simmered together in a large pot and usually cooked and served right at the table.
Like many of the nabe style dishes, the soup stock is usually made from dashi, but this dish is focused on chicken rather than fish or other meats.
It is perfect to eat when the weather is cold, so grab a few friends and cook some mizutaki at the table to enjoy a great night in.

4 people 15 minutes 30 minutes spend

Ingredients

• Chicken – 500g
• Tofu – 1 Pack
• Hakusai Chinese Cabbage – 1 Piece
• Shiitake Mushrooms – Approximately 8
• Leek – 1 Whole
• Konbu Dashi Soup Stock – 1 or 2 sachets
• Ponzu Shoyu Dipping Sauce

• Large Cooking Pot
• Portable Gas Stove

How to prepare

Start by cutting up the chicken into small bitesize pieces, slice the tofu into small cubes, slice up the hakusai, remove the stems from the shiitake and cut the leek into smaller pieces.
Mix the konbu dashi soup stock power from one sachet (4-6g) with approximately 1 litre of hot water and taste the dashi. You may want to add more konbu dashi stock or water depending on your preference.
Start heating the dashi soup stock on the portable stove and add the chicken. Remove any foam or impurities that rise to the surface of the liquid. Turn the heat down after boiling and allow the chicken to simmer.

Add the other ingredients to the pot and simmer them until soft and fully cooked. In separate small serving bowls, add a little ponzu sauce and then dip the cooked ingredients in the ponzu before eating.

Tips and information

- Japanese people tend to prefer chicken thigh for these sort of dishes as the meat has lots of good flavour and helps to flavour the soup stock too. Of course, chicken breast also works fine.

- Ponzu Shoyu is a mix of yuzu citrus juice and soy sauce which has a sharp, tangy taste. This sauce works wonders with a variety of dishes, but perfect for mizutaki.

- Eating together around a table is what makes these nabe dishes so popular. So dust off that old camping stove and sit around the table to enjoy this great meal together with your friends.