A hot pot made with Setouchi lemon broth bought at the Futami roadside station. Ehime is citrus country: third in Japan for mandarin harvest, and lemons are grown in the eastern part of the prefecture. Chinese cabbage from the farmers' market took the lead, with fish, oysters and fish balls, on a night in a town by the sea.
Ingredients
- Setouchi lemon nabe broth
- Chinese cabbage
- Carrot
- Shiitake
- Leafy greens
- White fish
- Oysters
- Fish balls
How I made it
- Cut the Chinese cabbage into chunks
- Pour the broth into a pot, add the cabbage, carrot, shiitake, greens, fish, oysters and fish balls, and simmer
Sources: maff.go.jp ryutsuu.biz
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Setouchi lemon hot pot
Dinner was a hot pot made with the Setouchi lemon broth from the roadside station. I cut the Chinese cabbage into chunks and simmered it in a red pot with carrot, shiitake, greens, white fish, oysters and fish balls. Lemon-scented steam rose from the pot: a night in a town by the sea.
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