DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Kaki no Dote Nabe
Also known as: Hiroshima Oyster Miso Hot Pot, Oyster Dote Nabe
MAFF’s Hiroshima preservation-collection recipe prepares oysters, vegetables, tofu and supplied stock in a pot whose rim carries a red-and-white-miso seasoning bank.
About Kaki no Dote Nabe
Research draft based on the references below. These notes describe particular recipes and presentations; ingredient connections are still being reviewed.
MAFF’s Hiroshima entry describes oyster dote-nabe with vegetables and tofu in a pot bordered by a miso seasoning bank. The selected recipe is credited to the prefecture’s nutrition-education and health-promotion preservation collection.
Oysters are washed in lightly salted water, rinsed and drained. Vegetables are cut separately: shiitake receive decorative slices, carrots flower shapes, and enoki, tofu and thread konnyaku bite-sized pieces.
Red miso, white miso, sake, mirin and sugar form the bank described around the pot’s edge. The entry explains adjusting the flavour by breaking some of that paste into the broth.
The description places Chinese-cabbage core underneath the other ingredients, with oysters arranged centrally. Supplied soup stock is added and the pot heated to a simmer.
The source places the dish in winter home and restaurant meals in Hiroshima. It also describes local tasting events and school-lunch appearances, alongside separately supplied commercial pot-stock products.
Ingredients in Kaki no Dote Nabe
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- Misosauce
- Tofuprotein
- Oysterprotein
- Napa Cabbagebase
- Green onionbase
Ingredient connections awaiting review. Versions and preparation vary.
Origins & food traditions
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- Hiroshima / nutrition-education preservation-collection oyster dote-nabe
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.