DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Kiritanpo Nabe
Also known as: Akita Kiritanpo, Kiritanpo Hot Pot
The Akita regional recipe published by MAFF cooks prepared kiritanpo rice sticks, Hinai-jidori chicken, vegetables and konjak noodles in its own chicken-bone stock.
About Kiritanpo Nabe
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
MAFF’s Akita entry places kiritanpo nabe in Odate and Kazuno and credits a prefectural rural-life research group for the recipe. It combines prepared rice sticks with Hinai-jidori chicken and vegetables.
The entry describes the rice sticks as grilled on skewers and cut to fit the pot. Its selected recipe begins with prepared kiritanpo rather than a complete rice-stick-making method.
Water and chicken bones make the stock, with scum skimmed away. After the bones are removed, chicken meat and thinly shaved burdock cook in that same liquid.
Konjak noodles and maitake join the pot before soy sauce, cooking sake and salt season it. Halved rice sticks are lined up in the broth, with diagonally cut scallions and the herb called Japanese parsley added on top.
The source links the dish with the new-rice harvest, receiving guests and ceremonial family occasions. It also describes regional festivals and gatherings where people make and share kiritanpo.
Ingredients in Kiritanpo Nabe
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- Scallionother
- Burdockother
- Mushroomsother
- Burdock Rootbase
- Chickenprotein
- Dashi stocksauce
- Green onionbase
- Maitakebase
- Ricebase
- Soy Sauceseasoning
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Akita Odate and Kazuno / prefectural rural-life research group recipe published by MAFF
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