Shabu shabu with dipping sauces

4 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2poundsPrime quality beef; sliced paper thin (about 8\" by 3\")
12Shiitake mushrooms
6Green onions
¼poundsSpinach; washed and cut
1Ten oz block tofu; cut into cubes
½poundsWhole canned bamboo shoots; washed & cut in 1/4\" slices
2quartsBasic dashi; see recipe, OR light beef stock
Dipping sauce #1; see recipe
Dipping sauce #2; see recipe

Directions

TO SERVE

Wipe & trim mushrooms & cut a crisscross pattern on the caps with a knife.

Slice scallions diagonally into 2" lengths. Arrange the meat attractively on a round platter, so that each slice can be easily picked up with chopsticks or a fondue fork. Arrange vegetables on a second platter.

Fill a hot pot or nabe pot ⅔ full of dashi set on a burner on the table.

Each diner picks up a piece of meat from the serving platter and swishes it around in the simmering broth until the red meat becomes pink, or cooked to the degree desired. Diners may alternate between meat and vegetables. The tofu breaks easily, so be careful when adding it to the pot. Diners eat from the pot, dipping the food into the dipping sauces which are placed in individual cups at each person's place.

Yield: 4 servings TAMALES WORLD TOUR SHOW #WT1A02 Recipe by: Susan Feniger and Mary Sue Milliken Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #807 by Holly Butman <butma001@...> on Sep 25, 1997