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Easy Japanese Curry Chanko Hotpot (Chanko Nabe) With Store-Bought Curry Roux - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Easy Japanese Curry Chanko Hotpot (Chanko Nabe) With Store-Bought Curry Roux.
This is an introduction to Japanese curry chanko hotpot (chanko nabe) using store-bought curry roux. Place a tangy and spicy meat miso as a topping to change the taste. We recommend adding cheese and udon noodles to finish the meal. Please arrange the ingredients with leftovers in a refrigerator. You should definitely give it a try!
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Cook time

30 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Sub Ingredients
  • Pork shoulder
    150 g
  • Chinese cabbage (Hakusai)
    300 g
  • Enoki mushroom
    100 g
  • Onion
    180 g
  • Chinese chive
    80 g
  • Meat Miso
  • Ground pork
    150 g
  • Japanese leek
    80 g
  • (A)Grated ginger
    2 tsp
  • (A)Sichuan pepper
    2 tsp
  • (A)Powdered chili pepper
    2 tsp
  • (B)Red miso
    1 tbsp
  • (B)Soy sauce
    1 tbsp
  • Salad oil
    1 tbsp
  • Soup
  • Water
    600 ml
  • Noodle soup base (Mentsuyu)
    1 tbsp
  • Curry mix (Curry roux)
    50 g

How to make

  1. 1. Roughly chop Chinese cabbage (hakusai). Cut Chinese chive into 2-inch wide pieces. Remove the hard tip from enoki mushroom and break it with hands. Cut the onion in half and cut into 0.8-inch pieces.
  2. 2. Mince Japanese leek for the meat miso.
  3. 3. Cut pork shoulder into 1-inch wide pieces.
  4. 4. Heat cooking oil, ingredient (A), Step 2, and ground pork in a pan over medium heat. When the color of ground pork changes, add ingredient (B) and remove from the heat when the flavors are blended.
  5. 5. Add the soup ingredients to a Japanese clay pot, heat over medium heat, melt the Japanese curry roux, add Step 1 and 3, and arrange. Bring to a boil over medium heat, then cover and simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes until everything is cooked through.
  6. 6. To finish, place Step 4 on top and bring to a boil over medium heat, and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount of Japanese curry roux to your liking for the saltiness of the soup. Please adjust the amount of powdered chili peppers and sichuan pepper for the pungency of the meat miso.

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