Japanese Spicy Hot Pot Base (Akakara nabe inspired)

ayaeats | Ayaka
ayaeats | Ayaka @cook_112376191
Michigan

This is a nabe (Japanese hotpot) I’ve grown up eating, inspired by the restaurant chain Akakara in Japan. The restaurant is based in my mom’s hometown Aichi! We both love it so much that we’ve perfected the copycat recipe over the years. You can adjust the spiciness level, just like in the restaurant!

Japanese Spicy Hot Pot Base (Akakara nabe inspired)

This is a nabe (Japanese hotpot) I’ve grown up eating, inspired by the restaurant chain Akakara in Japan. The restaurant is based in my mom’s hometown Aichi! We both love it so much that we’ve perfected the copycat recipe over the years. You can adjust the spiciness level, just like in the restaurant!

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Ingredients

30 mins
2 people
  1. 1/2 tbspChuuka Fu Dashi (can substitute chicken bouillon)
  2. 5 tbspsoy sauce
  3. 5 tbspcooking sake
  4. 1 1/2 tbspmirin
  5. 1/2 tbspsugar
  6. 3 tbspgochujang
  7. 1 tbsptobanjan
  8. 2 clovescrushed garlic
  9. 3 tbsphoney
  10. 2 tbspground sesame seeds (can substitute whole)
  11. 2 cupswater

Cooking Instructions

30 mins
  1. 1

    Mix all the ingredients except for water until everything is dissolved

  2. 2

    Add to pot along with the water and simmer

  3. 3

    Add in the ingredients that take longer to cook (ex: daikon, chicken, mushrooms, vegetable stems) and simmer until mostly cooked through (5-10 mins)

  4. 4

    Add in the rest of your ingredients and cover until cooked through. These should be things that cook fast (sliced meats, tofu, leafy vegetables); usually only takes 3-5 minutes until ready.

  5. 5

    Note: You can adjust the spiciness level by changing the amount of gochujang/tobanjan!

  6. 6

    Ingredient suggestions: napa cabbage, shungiku, mushrooms, green onions, daikon, sliced pork/beef, dumplings, tofu. For leafy vegetables like napa cabbage/shungiku, separate the stems from the leafy parts and cook the stems first.

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Hi! My name is Ayaka and I'm a Japanese/Korean - American with a love for eating good food, which led to a passion of trying to make said good food.What started off as a necessity in college to cut costs bloomed into something I love as I kept experimenting in the kitchen. I love sharing traditional cultural recipes and recipe ideas that come at random times in the day (my first savory oats series idea came to me in the shower, which I then proceeded to make immediately after at 1am from being so excited lol).Hope you like these recipes - I'd love to know what you think of them!Watch my recipe videos here!:TikTok: @ayaeats (tiktok.com/@ayaeats)Instagram: @aya_eats_ (instagram.com/@aya_eats_)
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