4 Differences in Shabu-shabu and Sukiyaki, Soup Food from Japan

Shabu-shabu and sukiyaki are both hotpot or Japanese hot soup.

The two are often considered the same when outside of Japan, but there is shabu-shabu and sukiyaki a fundamental Especially on how to cook it and enjoy it.

Check out the differences between shabu-shabu and sukiyaki below, quoted from the Matcha-jp.com and Masterclass.com .

1. How to cook meat

The meat in sukiyaki is first cooked in oil and then put in the stock, soy sauce and sugar along with vegetables and shirataki . Sukiyaki is usually cooked by restaurant chefs to be served to customers.

Meanwhile, the meat in the shabu-shabu at the restaurant is served and then cooked by the customer himself by putting the meat and other ingredients into the dashi boiling

2. Shabu-shabu and sukiyaki

Sukiyaki can be enjoyed with raw eggs and a soy sauce-based sauce. Shabu-shabu is not eaten with eggs but rather ponzu sauce, sesame sauce or hot sauce.

3. How to cook noodles

In shabu-shabu when the meat and vegetables have been eaten, you can add udon or ramen noodles.  

While sukiyaki uses shirataki or udon which are included at the beginning of the cooking process until cooked.

4. The taste of shabu-shabu and sukiyaki

broth Shabu-shabu made from boiled kombu (a type of black seaweed) and mushrooms, has an umami taste.

broth Sukiyaki is made from soy sauce and sugar which gives the sauce a salty and sweet taste. 

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