Caprine's Cuisine: Shabu Shabu (Family style soup)

Whether it's a party with a bunch of friends or an intimate dinner for four, this is the BEST way to gather around the dinner table. Shabu Shabu is a Japanese dish that traditionally consist of thinly sliced meats with vegetables cooked in a hot seaweed broth at the table. When your meat and veggies are cooked, you then can dip your items with a variety of dipping sauces.

So of course I like to use my own style for Shabu Shabu and use meats, seafood, veggies, really cool mushrooms called Enoki and we dip our items into THAI FUZION, a sweet and spicy dipping sauce!!! Some of the items in my recipe are not available at your local grocery stores, so I always make a trip to the 99 Ranch Asian Market in Fountain Valley for my ingredients. Since Shabu Shabu is cooked at the table, this dish is super easy to prep for. In my broth, I season with a pork bouillon stock along with fresh ginger, Asian style meatballs (which is also used in Pho) and daikon which is a Japanese radish. When you cook your meat and veggies in the hot broth, it really makes a hearty stock .

This dish is fun, interactive and very healthy. Another great thing about Shabu is that you can make it to your own likings with tofu, crab, lobster, carrots and so on.

Try it with your family sometime.....I bet they will not be able to wait for the next round of SHABU SHABU with you.

Bring broth to a boil, and cook for 10 minutes so flavors can illuminate and marry together.

Fresh Ginger Room Daikon

Cleaned Fresh Spinach

Fresh Shrimp

Enoki Mushrooms - So cute and totally tasty.

Fresh sliced beef & pork - Ask your butcher to slice it fresh for you.

Packaged Beef Meatballs (also used in Pho) - Found in the refrigeration section of your local Asian market.

Fresh baby Bok Choy

Giant Oyster Mushrooms - Mild tasting mushroom with a hearty earthy texture.

Fresh napa cabbage, broccoli & Shingiku - Shingiku is an herb aka edible chrysanthemum. It's similar to the taste of celery with a crunchy texture.....very clean tasting.