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Doteyaki
Miso-simmered beef tendon
どて焼き: Shinsekai's beef tendon simmered for hours in sweet white miso, eaten with spring onion
Walk along the narrow Jan-Jan Yokochō alley in Shinsekai, under the Tsūtenkaku tower, and every kushikatsu counter has a long shallow tray of doteyaki bubbling at the front. Beef tendon is simmered until it wobbles, then stewed slowly in a glossy sauce of white miso, sugar and mirin, and it is eaten from the afternoon on, piled with raw spring onion and a shake of shichimi. The sauce contains mirin, which contains alcohol; for an alcohol-free version use 60 ml water, 1 extra tablespoon of sugar and 1 teaspoon of rice vinegar instead. Chef's tip: blanch the tendon twice and rinse it well, or the sauce turns cloudy and tastes of the butcher's shop.
- Total time
- 180 min
- Difficulty
- hard
- Serves
- 4
Ingredients
For the tendon
- 1 ⅓ lb beef tendon
- ⅔ oz fresh gingersliced
- 7 oz konnyakutorn into bite-size pieces
For the miso sauce
- 3 ½ oz white miso
- 1 oz red miso
- ¼ cup mirin
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 2 ½ cups dashi
To serve
- 4 spring onionsfinely sliced
- 1 tsp shichimi togarashi (optional)
- 12 bamboo skewers (optional)
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Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Put 1 ⅓ lb beef tendon in a large pan, cover with cold water, bring to the boil and boil for 10 minutes. Drain, rinse in cold water and scrub off any scum. Repeat once more with fresh water.
25 minStep 2: Return the tendon to the pan with ⅔ oz fresh ginger and enough fresh water to cover by 5 cm. Simmer gently, partly covered, for 1½ hours, until a chopstick slides in easily. Top up with hot water if needed.
90 minStep 3: Meanwhile, boil 7 oz konnyaku in water for 3 minutes, then drain.
3 minStep 4: Lift out the tendon, discard the ginger, and cut the tendon into 3 cm pieces. Thread onto 12 bamboo skewers if you like.
5 minStep 5: In a wide pan, whisk 3 ½ oz white miso, 1 oz red miso, ¼ cup mirin, 3 tbsp sugar and 2 ½ cups dashi until smooth. Add the tendon and konnyaku.
3 minStep 6: Simmer on the lowest heat for 1 hour, uncovered, stirring from the bottom every 10 minutes, until the sauce is thick and glossy and the tendon is soft and jelly-like. Common mistake: letting it boil hard; the miso catches on the base and turns bitter.
60 minStep 7: Serve in small bowls with plenty of 4 spring onions and 1 tsp shichimi togarashi to taste. It keeps for 3 days in the fridge and tastes even better reheated until piping hot.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 330 kcal
- Protein
- 32 g
- Carbs
- 20 g
- Fat
- 12 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does doteyaki take?
- About 180 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 160 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 4 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of fresh ginger?
- ¼ tsp ground ginger per tbsp fresh (add it with the spices).
- What can I use instead of mirin?
- Rice vinegar with ½ tsp sugar per tbsp.
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