Pork shabu salad recipe and egg drop soup. Make the pork salad and use the remaining liquid from cooking pork slices as the soup stock.

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Let’s talk about today’s recipe (phew today I actually talked a lot!). Today’s recipe is actually 2 dishes; you make a salad and you get a free soup! If you enjoy eating Shabu Shabu or like Ponzu flavor, I’m sure you’ll like this salad.

Egg Drop Soup in a bowl.

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Pork Shabu Salad with Ponzu Dressing on a plate.

Pork Shabu Salad with Ponzu Dressing & Egg Drop Soup

4.80 from 5 votes
Pork shabu salad recipe and egg drop soup. Make the pork salad and use the remaining liquid from cooking pork slices as the soup stock.
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 30 minutes
Total Time: 50 minutes
Servings: 2

Ingredients
 
 

For the Salad

  • red leaf lettuce (or any leafy salad)
  • tomatoes (optional)
  • English cucumber (optional)
  • 5 shiso leaves (perilla/ooba) (chiffonaded; optional)

For Ponzu Dressing

For Shabu Shabu

For Egg Drop Soup

Japanese Ingredient Substitution: If you want substitutes for Japanese condiments and ingredients, click here.

Instructions
 

To Make Pork Shabu Shabu Salad

  • Arrange the salad. In a small bowl, whisk together the ingredients for ponzu dressing.
    Pork Shabu Salad 1
  • Bring 3 cups of water to a boil in a medium saucepan. When boiling, add 1 Tbsp sake.
    Pork Shabu Salad 2
  • Hold a slice of meat with chopsticks and place it into the boiling water.
    Pork Shabu Salad 3
  • You can cook 2-3 slices of meat at a time.
    chopsticks holding a thin slice of work cooking pan with hot water
  • When the meat changes color, transfer it to a paper towel to drain water. When you finish cooking all the meat, don’t discard this stock yet. We'll use it to make Egg Drop Soup.
    Pork Shabu Salad 5
  • Place the cooked meat on top of the lettuce and put Shiso leaves on top. Pour Ponzu Dressing when you are ready to eat.
    Pork Shabu Salad with Ponzu Dressing | www.justonecookbook.com

To Make Egg Drop Soup

  • Gather all the ingredients for Egg Drop Soup.
    Egg-Flower-Soup-1
  • Keep the soup simmering over medium heat and use a sieve to skim off the scum and fat from the soup. To clean the sieve, you can prepare a bowl of water and clean the sieve in the bowl every time you pick up scum.
    Egg Flower Soup 1
  • When the soup is clean, add tofu, soy sauce, salt, and white pepper and wait to boil again.
    Egg Flower Soup 2
  • SLOWLY stir in beaten egg, moving the bowl around over the saucepan. If you pour the egg too quickly it’ll become chunky instead of flowery. You will see the fluffy egg start to flow.
    Egg Flower Soup 3
  • Serve in the soup bowl and garnish with green onions. Serve immediately.
    Egg Drop Soup | JustOneCookbook.com

To Store

  • You can keep the leftovers separately in airtight containers and store in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.

Nutrition

Calories: 318 kcal · Carbohydrates: 9 g · Protein: 34 g · Fat: 16 g · Saturated Fat: 5 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 5 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 6 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 242 mg · Sodium: 921 mg · Potassium: 779 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 3 g · Vitamin A: 6098 IU · Vitamin C: 4 mg · Calcium: 216 mg · Iron: 5 mg
Author: Namiko Hirasawa Chen
Course: Salad
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: egg, pork, salad
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I am traveling to Assisi in June. I will make this recipe with Umbrian pork and fresh salad greens. Can’t wait. May add native garbanzos…to the soup?

Thank you so much for you and your team’s hard work in this site. I love it. My family loves the food.

Hello, Jesse. Thank you so much for reading Nami’s post and providing thoughtful feedback! We are glad to hear your family enjoys Nami’s recipes.
We hope you have a wonderful time traveling and eating delicious foods this June.
We’ve never added garbanzos to the soup before, but it sounds like a great addition to the egg drop soup! Please let us know how it goes! 😊

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