
Do not worry about thinly slicing Beef for ‘Sukiyaki’. Use Beef Mince! It is easy and tastes the same, but a little bit hard to eat. So, place it on top of the rice and make it a yummy ‘Donburi’ dish!
Makes
4 Servings
Ingredients
500g Beef Mince
1 tablespoon Oil
1 Onion
1 Carrot
1/4 (about 300g) Wombok (Chinese Cabbage)
2 Spring Onion
*Note: You can add Shiitake, Shimeji, Spinach, etc.
4 Eggs
4 servings Cooked Rice
Sauce
4-5 tablespoons Soy Sauce
2 tablespoons Mirin
2 tablespoons Sugar
1/2 cup Dashi Stock OR Water
Method
- Slice Onion and Carrot. Cut Wombok about 2cm.
- Heat Oil in a large fry pan cook Beef Mince. When the beef starts to change colour, add vegetables and cook for a few minutes.
- Add Dashi (OR Water), Sugar, Mirin and Soy Sauce and let everything cook in the sauce.
- When the vegetables are soft, crack and place the Eggs apart from each other onto the mixture and let them half cooked.
- Half fill a bowl with freshly Cooked Rice and cover with the Sukiyaki mixture with one Egg each.

Comments
Rachel
20/08/2026
Thank you so much for this recipe! I’ve been wanting to make sukiyaki again during the winter (or as close to winter as you can get in Queensland) but never quite got there. As soon as I saw this recipe, I had to give it a go. I only had green cabbage rather than wombok but it still worked well. I used turkey mince and added baby spinach and mushrooms in since both were sitting in the fridge. Absolutely delicious. The comforting taste took me right back to the oyakodon I had near Kinkakuji earlier this year. Thank you again.
Hiroko
20/08/2026
Hi Rachel. I’m glad my recipe helped you to cook something you enjoy. If you like the flavour that is created with Soy Sauce, Mirin, Sugar and Dashi, you will find many recipes you like on this site. Thank you for posting this comment. It made me very happy.
Maddie
2/06/2025
Sukiyaki is one of my favorite dishes but I rarely make it at home due to the work involved. This is much easier to make and so delicious! I also rehydrated dried shiitake mushrooms to use in the recipe and used the liquid as the water for this dish along with a little Hondashi. Can’t wait to eat the leftovers tomorrow!
Hiroko
3/06/2025
Hi Maddie. Thank you for your positive comment. I felt joy and happiness when I read it. I’m so glad you enjoyed it.
Roki
4/09/2021
Really yummy! I cook for one person and always rack my brains about how to use a whole wombok in a variety of dishes. This recipe will definitely be saved!
Hiroko
4/09/2021
Thanks to your comment, Roki. I am so glad you liked this dish. This is one of my frequently repeated dinner menus. There is one wombok dish that I am fond of, and it is Wombok Creamy Stew. http://www.hirokoliston.com/wombok-creamy-stew/
Roki
5/09/2021
Thank you! Will try that definitely too!