Ingredients

  • 1/2 to 2/3 of a whole cabbage Cabbage
  • 2 pieces Chicken thighs
  • 2 tbsp Sake for cooking
  • 1 Salt and pepper
  • 1 White flour
  • 1 can Canned tomato (or cut up tomato)
  • 300 ml Water
  • 2 Soup stock cubes
  • 2 Bay leaf
  • 1/2 to 1 teaspoon Salt
  • 1 tbsp Honey (or mirin)
  • 1 bit less than 1 teaspoon Soy sauce
  • 1 Pepper
  • 1 Melting type cheese

Method

  • Wash the cabbage well and cut up roughly into fairly large pieces, and leave to dry in a sieve or colander.
  • Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces (about the size you'd use for karaage), and season with the ingredients marked (sake, salt and pepper).
  • Put the cabbage and the ingredients marked (tomato, water, soup stock and bay leaf) in a pot, put a lid on and heat.
  • (If you're using canned whole tomatoes, crush the tomatoes before putting them in.)
  • While the pot is simmering, dust the chicken with with flour, shake off any excess and brown on both sides in a frying pan with oil (not listed in the ingredients)., then take out.
  • When the pot from step 3 is boiling and the cabbage has reduced a bit in volume, add the browned chicken from 4 and the salt and honey.
  • Turn the heat down and simmer for about 10 to 15 minutes.
  • When the cabbage is soft, add the ingredients marked (soy sauce and pepper) and adjust the seasoning.
  • Scatter the cheese on top and let it melt with the residual heat.
  • Transfer to serving plates and it's done.
  • This is easily enough for 4 to 6 people.