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Mille Feuille Nabe (ミルフィーユ鍋)

Satisfying and simple Japanese comfort food

Ingredients

• 1 lb or so thinly sliced pork belly or shabu-shabu beef
• 1/2 Napa cabbage
• 1/2 Tbsp dashi powder
• 1 Tbsp soy sauce
• 1 Tbsp sake or cooking wine
• 1/2 bunch green onions (roughly chopped)
• 1 tsp Ajinomoto (optional)
• 1 bunch Enoki or Bunashime mushrooms (root end trimmed, optional)
• 2-3 carrots (thinly sliced, optional)
• 1/2 daikon radish (thinly sliced, optional)

Directions

1. Layer meat and nappa cabbage leaves (about 3-4 leaves worth), slice into 2” wide strips, and arrange standing up in a single layer in a pot
2. Insert the carrot and daikon slices into the pot at even intervals if using, and add mushrooms in the center.
3. Mix dashi powder, soy sauce, Ajinomoto (if using), and sake with 1 cup of water. Pour over the meat and vegetables.
4. Sprinkle with green onions.
5. Cover and cook over medium low heat for 10-15 minutes, or until the meat is cooked through and the cabbage, carrots, daikon, and mushrooms are tender.
6. Serve with rice.

Reference

• https://www.justonecookbook.com/mille-feuille-nabe/
• https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJBG9-Ix72k/