Hot Pot for One

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: hot pot, nabe, tofu

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 8 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

Servings: 1

Author: Namiko Chen

Fast, easy Hot Pot for One. Tender pork belly cooked in a delicious and savory katsuo dashi with napa cabbage and enoki mushrooms. Inspired by Midnight Diner Japanese drama.

Ingredients

For Katsuo Dashi (Use Kombu Dashi for Vegan):

1 cup katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes) (10 g)
2 cups water (480 ml)

For Hot Pot:

2 leaves napa cabbage
4 sliced pork belly (Skip for vegan/vegetarian)
2 oz medium-firm tofu (60 g)
2 oz enoki mushrooms (¼ pkg enoki or 60 g)
2 tsp sake

To Serve:

Instructions

Gather all the ingredients.

To Make Katsuo Dashi (Use Kombu Dashi for Vegan)

Boil water in a medium saucepan. When boiling, add katsuobushi.
Cook for 15 seconds. Turn off the heat and let the katsuobushi infused for 15 minutes. Strain the katsuobushi and set aside.

To Make Hot Pot

Cut the napa cabbage into smaller pieces.
Cut and discard the bottom of enoki mushrooms. Cut the tofu into smaller ½” slices. Cut the pork belly slices into halves or thirds.
Place the ingredients in the donabe (earthenware pot) and pack nicely. Pour Katsuo Dashi and sake.
Cover the lid and bring to simmer. Skim the foam and scrum with a fine mesh skimmer. Cook for 5 minutes and serve immediately with Ponzu and Shichimi Togarashi.

Recipe Notes

Recipe by Namiko Chen of Just One Cookbook. All images and content on this site are copyright protected. Please do not use my images without my permission. If you’d like to share this recipe on your site, please re-write the recipe and link to this post as the original source. Thank you.