Shabu Shabu is a communal hot pot style meal where boiling broth is placed at the center and you're given raw ingredients (veggies and meat - usually paper-thin sliced beef). The raw veggies are usually placed in the broth and the meat is cooked by the individual. The broth is eaten at the end where it picks up the flavors from the meat and veggies.
Supposedly, shabu-shabu is the sound the beef makes when you swished in the broth.
2007-03-09 03:41:15
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answered by Dave C 7
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Shabu-shabu (Japanese: ããã¶ããã¶), also spelled syabu-syabu, is a Japanese variant of hot pot. The dish is related to sukiyaki in style, where both use thinly sliced meat and vegetables, and usually served with dipping sauces. However, it is starkly different in taste; shabu-shabu is more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. It is considered a winter dish but is eaten year-round.
The dish originated in the 13th century as a way for Genghis Khan to efficiently feed his soldiers. Khan's troops gathered around a large pot and cooked together. Thinly sliced meat was used for its short cooking time, which allowed the Mongolian army to conserve its limited supply of fuel.
Since its Mongolian roots of nabemono, or 'one pot' cooking. In traditional shabu shabu, thin slices of beef are placed in a communal pot of boiling water and swished back and forth until cooked. Vegetables such as mushrooms, cabbage, watercress and spring chrysanthemums are also boiled briefly and dipped in various sauces. Shabu shabu is similar to another nabemone dish called sukiyaki, but the sauces used in shabu shabu are not as sweet.
Shabu shabu roughly translates to 'swish swish,' referring to the sound made as the sliced meat passes through the water. Although beef was the first meat to be used in shabu shabu, modern Japanese restaurants may also offer sliced pork, duck, lobster, crab or chicken. The water may be seasoned with a type of kelp, which is removed just before service begins. Many shabu shabu restaurants use a round fondue-like pot in the center of the table to allow multiple diners the opportunity to prepare their own food.
It's like chinese "hot pot", or like a fondue, but with soup, and meat and veggies instead of chocolate or cheese.
2007-03-11 22:56:56
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answered by Fabulously Broke in the City 5
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