Dinner · 45 min · japanese

Chanko Nabe

If you like chicken meatballs, you’ll love this Japanese dinner — 45 minutes from craving to table.

✓ USDA-verified nutrition data

Ingredients

• 1 lb Chicken meatballs
• 0.5 lb Pork belly
• 0.5 head Napa cabbage
• 1 cup Daikon
• 1 Carrot
• 1 block Tofu
• 6 Shiitake
• 8 cups Chicken stock
• 4 tbsp Miso
• 0.25 cup Sake
• 1 tbsp Fresh ginger
• 8 oz Udon
• 4 Scallions

Steps

1. Simmer the stock with sake and ginger 10 minutes. Whisk in the miso off the boil — never boil miso.
2. Add the chicken meatballs and pork; simmer 10 minutes until cooked through. Skim as needed.
3. Add the daikon, carrot, and shiitake; simmer 10 minutes. Then the cabbage, tofu, and udon for the last 8 minutes.
4. Everything should be tender and the broth rich from all it has absorbed. Season with more miso if needed.
5. Serve from the pot with scallions. The sumo wrestlers stew: built to feed a stable, perfect for a hungry family.

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