Chanko or chanko-nabe
Chanko or chanko-nabe, the
staple dish of sumo wrestlers,
is a nutritious, hearty one-pot
meal consisting of broth,
vegetables, meat or seafood.
Chanko served during sumo
tournaments features chicken
rather than beef because a
chicken is considered good
luck in sumo.
A chicken walks on two legs, not
four; similarly, a sumo wrestler
closes the match if he is knocked
off his feet and touches the ground
with his hands or any part of his body.
Chicken Chanko-nabe
Serves four
Ingredients
1 medium chicken
2 medium onions
3 or 4 carrots (optional)
2 or 3 negi onions (substitute large leeks)
1 daikon radish (optional)
1 medium or large potato
10 - 12 shiitake mushrooms (dried shiitake may be used; reconstitute in tepid water
and drain)
1 medium cabbage
1 or 2 cakes aburage (deep-fried tofu)
1 cake koyadofu (dried tofu) or fresh tofu
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup mirin (sweet sake) OR 1/2 cup sake with 1 tablespoon sugar
1/2 tablespoon salt
1 or 2 packs udon (wheat noodles; substitute egg noodles)
Preparation
Bone the chicken; cut meat into
1 1/2 - to 2-inch chunks; save
the bones for soup stock.
Slice negi (or leeks) and all
but one of the carrots into
bite-sized pieces.
Fill a large stew pot with water
and place over medium-low heat.
Add the bones with the negi and
sliced carrots and simmer, uncovered,
about 3 hours to make soup stock.
Slice the daikon and potato and parboil
in a separate pot, reserve it.
Cut the onion and shiitake into quarters,
chop the cabbage into small pieces, cut
the cakes of tofu and remaining carrot
into bit-sized chunks.
Add all sliced ingredients and soy sauce
to the stock pot and simmer until the
fresh vegetables are cooked.
Then add the parboiled vegetables.
Season to taste with mirin or its
equivalent and salt.
Simmer a few minutes more; serve hot.
After finishing the chanko, reheat
the soup with udon noodles and serve
in deep soup bowls.
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/sumoeastandwest/chanko.html
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