Food: Japanese Drama 'Solitary Chef,' Sumo Hot Pot, Three Types of Dumpling Dishes
Episode of 'Solitary Chef' featuring a Sumo Hot Pot at Ukitsuji, this episode is heartwarming, with a large man having a girl's heart, and liking music boxes.
Chikuwa
Ingredients:Rice Flour, Rice Starch 2 scoops, Glutinous Rice Flour 4 scoops, Silken Tofu, Soy Sauce, Sugar, Cornstarch, Mirin
Instructions:
- Mix rice flour, glutinous rice flour, rice starch, silken tofu, sugar thoroughly, and form a dough
- Shape into chikuwa
- Bring water to a boil, add chikuwa until they float
- Place in cold water and refrigerate
- Use bamboo skewers to secure chikuwa
- Place on a grill and bake for about 4 minutes
- Mix soy sauce, mirin, sugar, water, and cornstarch
- Pour over chikuwa and serve
- Ise-Shima Chikuwa

Ingredients:
Rice Flour, Rice Starch 2 scoops, Glutinous Rice Flour 4 scoops, Soy Sauce, Sugar, Nori StripsInstructions:
Mix rice flour, glutinous rice flour, rice starch, silken tofu, sugar, and nori strips thoroughly, and form a dough
- Shape into chikuwa
- Bring water to a boil, add chikuwa until they float
- Place in cold water and refrigerate
- Use bamboo skewers to secure chikuwa
- Place on a grill and bake for about 5 minutes, brushing with soy sauce to prevent burning
- Serve with nori strips
- Red Bean Chikuwa
The chikuwa feels a bit like sweet bean bun, coated with red bean sauce.
Ingredients:
Rice Flour, Rice Starch 2 scoops, Glutinous Rice Flour 4 scoops, Soy Sauce, Sugar, Nori Strips, Sweet Potato Flour, Red Bean PasteInstructions:
Mix sweet potato flour, rice flour, glutinous rice flour, rice starch, silken tofu, sugar, and sweet potato flour thoroughly, and form a dough
- Shape into chikuwa
- Bring water to a boil, add chikuwa until they float
- Place in cold water and refrigerate
- Use bamboo skewers to secure chikuwa
- Place on a grill and bake for a short time
- Coat with red bean paste and serve
- Egg & Yam Combination
- The green seasoning in the dish is not clearly identified, it may be a combination of eggs, mountain yam, coriander and soy sauce.
- Ingredients:

Eggs, Mountain Yam, Coriander, Soy Sauce
Instructions:
Cut the mountain yam into slices and sprinkle with corianderSeparate the egg yolk and egg white
Mix egg yolk, soy sauce and the yam slices, ready to eat
- Japanese Sumo Hot Pot
- It's like a large pot stew, the hot pot mainly focuses on the soup base.
- Ingredients:
Vegetables, Meat, Japanese Sake, Chicken Broth Powder, 1 scoop of Salt, Minced Garlic, Minced Ginger, Mirin, Soy Sauce, 1 scoop of Sesame Oil, Onion
Instructions:
Combine water, Japanese Sake, chicken broth powder, 1 scoop of salt, minced garlic, minced ginger, mirin, soy sauce, sesame oil, and onion and bring to a boil, taste frequentlyAdd vegetables and meat to cook in the hot pot
Add udon noodles and cook for about 2 minutes
- Pickled Herring
- Cat Chan doesn't know whether this herring is raw or cooked, raw Cat Chan doesn't dare to eat, let's cook it, and sprinkle what is on top, it looks like minced garlic, looking a bit like it.


Herring Fillets, Salt, Green Onions, Minced Garlic, Chili Paste, Ginger, Carrot, Soy Sauce, Vinegar
Instructions:
Chop green onions into green onion pieces, mince garlic, cut chili into segments, mince ginger, slice yellow squashCook the herring fillets on the grill until cooked, place in cold water to remove the skin, drain and dry
Mix green onions, minced garlic, minced ginger, chili paste, vinegar and soy sauce to form a sauce (Cat Chan basically makes almost every sauce in this way, just change the chili paste, you need to reference it) and serve
- Image source: based on the drama, please indicate the content source and contact Cat Chan if you need to translate.