Shabu - Shabu - wikipedia Shabu - Shabu For narcotics with same nickname ( in Indonesia ), see Methamphetamine. This article possibly contains original research. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding inline citations. Statements consisting only of original research should be removed. ( December 2012 ) Shabu - shabu Type Soup Place of origin Japan Main ingredients Meat, vegetables, Tofu Cookbook : Shabu - shabu Media : Shabu - shabu Shabu - shabu ( しゃぶしゃぶ ) is a Japanese nabemono hotpot dish of thinly sliced meat and vegetables boiled in water. The term is onomatopoeic, derived from the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot and served with dipping sauces. The food is cooked piece by piece by the diner at the table. Shabu - shabu is considered to be more savory and less sweet than sukiyaki. Contents 1 History 2 Preparation 3 Sauces and dippings 4 See also 5 References History Shabu - Shabu was introduced in Japan in the 20th century with the opening of the restaurant `` Suehiro '' in Osaka, where the name was invented. Its origins are traced back to the Chinese hot pot known as instant - boiled mutton ( Shuàn Yángròu ). Shabu - Shabu is most similar to the original Chinese version when compared to other Japanese dishes ( nabemono ) such as sukiyaki. Suehiro registered the name as a trademark in 1955. Together with sukiyaki, Shabu - Shabu is a common dish in tourist hot - spots, especially in Tokyo, but also in local Japanese neighborhoods ( colloquially called `` Little Tokyos '' ) in countries such as the United States and Canada. Preparation Shabu - shabu The dish was originally made with thinly sliced beef, but some versions use pork, crab, chicken, lamb, duck, or lobster. Most often, ribeye steak is used, but less tender cuts, such as top sirloin, are also common. A more expensive meat, such as wagyū, may also be used. It is usually served with tofu and vegetables, including Chinese cabbage, chrysanthemum leaves, nori ( edible seaweed ), onions, carrots, shiitake mushrooms and enokitake mushrooms. In some places, udon, mochi or harusame noodles may also be served. The dish is prepared by submerging a thin slice of meat or a piece of vegetable in a pot of boiling water or dashi ( broth ) made with konbu ( kelp ) and stirring it. Cooked meat and vegetables are usually dipped in ponzu or goma ( sesame seed ) sauce before eating, and served with a bowl of steamed white rice. Once the meat and vegetables have been eaten, leftover broth from the pot is customarily combined with the remaining rice, and the resulting soup is usually eaten last. Sauces and dippings A number of sauces can be used to dip meats and vegetables when eating shabu - shabu. Normally, the raw meat is dipped into the hot stock for just a few seconds, as the pieces are sliced paper thin. Putting all meat into the pot in one go may result in overcooking the meat. There are a variety of sauces that can be used to dip the meat and vegetables, including ponzu sauce and sesame sauce. Restaurants usually provide soy sauce, sesame paste, ponzu sauce and several other condiment options such as spring onions and Japanese pickled carrots so that customers can make the sauce according to their own preferences. See also Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shabu Shabu. List of Japanese soups and stews Instant - boiled mutton, a similar Chinese dish References Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ Ishige ( 2014 - 06 - 17 ). History Of Japanese Food. Routledge. ISBN 9781136602559. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Shabu-shabu&oldid=799214682 '' Categories : Japanese soups and stews Table - cooked dishes Beef dishes Hidden categories : Articles that may contain original research from December 2012 All articles that may contain original research Pages using deprecated image syntax Articles containing Japanese - language text All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from May 2017 Articles with unsourced statements from June 2014 Articles with unsourced statements from December 2012 Commons category with local link different than on Wikidata Talk Contents About Wikipedia Dansk Deutsch Español Esperanto فارسی Français 한국어 Bahasa Indonesia Italiano עברית Basa Jawa Bahasa Melayu 日本 語 Português Русский Simple English Suomi Tagalog ไทย Türkçe 粵語 中文 Edit links This page was last edited on 6 September 2017, at 10 : 32. About Wikipedia

Question: where does the word shabu shabu come from
Answer: derived from the sound emitted when the ingredients are stirred in the cooking pot and served with dipping sauces