Mille feuille nabe (cabbage and pork belly hot pot)
Recipe courtesy of: https://www.justonecookbook.com/mille-feuille-nabe/ Note: I play around with the recipe by making the broth a tiny bit more flavorful by adding soy sauce, ponzo, and mentsuyu. I also serve it with udon or soba (which I boil ahead of time and set out at the table). INGREDIENTS ▢ 1 head napa cabbage ( 4 lbs, 1.8 kg) ▢ 1½ lb sliced pork belly (or slice your own pork belly; see Notes for where to buy; do not use bacon, since it‘s too salty for this dish) For the Broth ▢ 8-10 slices ginger (peeled and thinly sliced from a 1 -inch, 2.5 -cm knob) ▢ 5 cups dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi , dashi packet or powder , or Vegan Dashi ) ▢ 2 Tbsp sake ▢ 1 Tbsp soy sauce ▢ ½ tsp Diamond Crystal kosher salt ...