Jingisukan

Name: Jingisukan
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 500g lamb or mutton, thinly sliced; Bean sprouts, cabbage, onion and pumpkin; Green peppers; Sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp mirin, grated apple, ginger and garlic; A piece of lamb fat or butter

ジンギスカン/jin-GEE-soo-kahn/

Also known as: Genghis Khan, Hokkaido Lamb Barbecue, Jingisukan Nabe

About this dish

Lamb and vegetables grilled together on a domed cast-iron skillet at the table, dipped in a fruity soy sauce.

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Ingredients

🐑500g lamb or mutton, thinly sliced

🥬Bean sprouts, cabbage, onion and pumpkin

🫑Green peppers

🫙Sauce: 4 tbsp soy sauce, 2 tbsp mirin, grated apple, ginger and garlic

🧈A piece of lamb fat or butter

Method

Serves 2

Mix the sauce ingredients; optionally marinate the lamb in some of it.

Heat the domed pan (or a skillet) and rub with fat.

Arrange the vegetables around the edge and the lamb on the dome.

Grill the lamb so its juices run down into the vegetables.

Dip in the sauce and eat as it cooks, with rice and beer.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Jingisukan ('Genghis Khan') is Hokkaido's signature dish, a must at Sapporo's beer halls.

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