A one-pot, cold-weather dinner: an assortment of fish cakes simmered with mushrooms and napa cabbage in a lightly sweet soy-dashi broth. Everything goes into the clay pot at once.

Ingredients

For the broth

• 5 cups dashi
• 2 Tbsp soy sauce
• 2 Tbsp mirin
• 2 Tbsp sake
• 2 tsp sugar

For the pot

• Assorted fish cakes
• Mushrooms (enoki and shiitake)
• Napa cabbage
• Green onions, sliced

Instructions

1. Add the dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar to a clay pot, then add the fish cakes, mushrooms and napa cabbage.
2. Bring to a boil.
3. Lower the heat and simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Top with green onions and serve straight from the pot.

Notes & substitutions

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