Chanko Nabe Hotpot (Sumo Hotpot)

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recipe by Kenwood https://kenwoodworld.com/

  • Time icon
    Total Time
    35mins
  • Serves icon
    Serves
    4
  • Calories icon
    Calories
    397
based on 1 ratings

In Japan, this hotpot dish is known for being eaten by Sumo wrestlers before they enter the ring, as it is packed with protein to give them long lasting energy. Traditionally cooked communally in a in an earthenware pot at the table, this recipe has a lot of ingredients but is easy to prepare and the result is a nutritious meal full of flavour. Miso, sake, garlic and ginger flavour the chicken broth and chicken, tofu, prawns and noodles provide plenty of protein to keep you going.

recipe updated 8 Dec. 2023

Ingredients

  • Chicken stock icon
    Chicken stock
    1.6 kg
  • Garlic clove icon
    Garlic clove
    2
  • Ginger icon
    Ginger
    10 g
  • Medium firm tofu icon
    Medium firm tofu
    250 g
  • Wombok cabbage icon
    Wombok cabbage
    150 g
  • Carrot icon
    Carrot
    50 g
  • Prawns icon
    Prawns
    8
  • Chicken thigh icon
    Chicken thigh
    300 g
  • Spring onion icon
    Spring onion
    30 g
  • White miso paste icon
    White miso paste
    2 tablespoons
  • Sake icon
    Sake
    4 tablespoons
  • Mirin icon
    Mirin
    2 tablespoons
  • Soy sauce icon
    Soy sauce
    1 tablespoon
  • Salt icon
    Salt
    ½
  • Sesame oil icon
    Sesame oil
    1 teaspoon
  • Chestnut mushrooms icon
    Chestnut mushrooms
    4
  • Shimeji mushroom icon
    Shimeji mushroom
    100 g
  • Udon noodles icon
    Udon noodles
    as needed

Tools

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Step preview

  1. Fit the Stir Tool
  2. Add the first ingredient into the appliance bowl, attach the lid
  3. Heat - 1 minute, 120ºC
  4. Add the next ingredient
  5. Cook without the filler cap - 2 minutes, 120ºC, speed 3
  6. Then add the next ingredients
  7. Cook - 2 minutes, 105ºC, speed 3
  8. Add the next ingredient
  9. Cook - 10 minutes, 98ºC, speed 3
  10. Then add the ingredients
  11. Cook - 7 minutes, 105ºC, speed 1
  12. Divide the noodles between the serving bowls
  13. Ladle over the broth and vegetables
  14. Top with the last ingredient
  15. Serve
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