Miso beef short rib & pumpkin hotpot
This hot pot of slow cooked beef short rib and kent pumpkin is the ideal warm and comforting winter meal.
- 2 hrs 15 mins cooking
- Serves 8
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Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon peanut oil
- 2.5 kilogra (5¼lb) beef short ribs, excess fat trimmed, cut into sections
- 10 green onions (scallions), sliced thinly
- 2 litres (8 cups) chicken stock
- ⅓ cup (80ml) soy sauce
- ½ cup (125ml) mirin
- 2 tablespoons red miso
- 6 centimetre (2½in) piece fresh ginger, cut into matchsticks
- 1 kilogram (2lb) kent pumpkin, skin on, cut into 3cm (1¼in) thick wedges
- 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
- 2 270g (8½oz) dried soba noodles
Method
- 1Heat oil in a 6.75 litre (27-cup) cast iron or other flameproof casserole dish (see tips) over high heat. Cook beef, in batches, turning, for 15 minutes or until well browned; transfer each batch to a large heatproof bowl. Discard excess oil; return all beef to dish.
- 2Add half the green onion to dish with the stock, soy sauce, mirin, miso and ginger; bring to the boil. Reduce heat to low; cook, covered, for 1¼ hours, skimming surface occasionally to discard excess fat.
- 3Add pumpkin; cook, covered, for a further 15 minutes or until pumpkin is just tender. Stir in vinegar.
- 4Just before serving, cook soba noodles following packet directions; drain.
- 5Serve beef hotpot with the soba noodles, topped with remaining green onion.
Notes
We used a 28cm (11¼in) round cast iron casserole dish.Serve with steamed rice instead of the soba noodles.Sprinkle hotpot with sesame seeds and thinly sliced nori (seaweed) sheets, if you like.Refrigerate in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Freeze up to end of step 3, for up to 3 months; thaw in the fridge, then reheat in a microwave. Continue with steps 4 and 5 as per the recipe
