Roll Kyabetsu

Name: Roll Kyabetsu (Japanese Stuffed Cabbage)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 1 h 5 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons sake; 400 ml (14 fl oz) dashi; 8 leaves Savoy cabbage; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 pinch salt; 1 onion, finely chopped; 50 g (1¾ oz) cooked rice; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 cm (¾ in) ginger, finely chopped; chopped spring onion (scallion); karashi (Japanese mustard); 2 dried shiitake mushrooms; 500 g (1 lb 2 oz) minced (ground) pork; 300 ml (10½ fl oz) water; 2 tablespoons mirin

Japanese Stuffed Cabbage

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
1 hr 5

Appears in

Tokyo Cult Recipes

By Maori Murota

Published 2015

About

Ingredients

8 leaves Savoy cabbage
karashi (Japanese mustard)
chopped spring onion (scallion)

Asia
Japan
Main course
Tokyo

Method

For the stuffing, soak the dried shiitakes in the water for at least 3 hours, until they are soft (you can do this the day before). Drain, reserving the soaking liquid for the broth. Remove the stems of the shiitakes and finely dice the caps. Combine with the rest of the stuffing ingredients, kneading everything together well.

Bring a large saucepan of water to the boil and blanch each