shabu-shabu

1 8.2

A Japanese meal where thin slices of meat and vegetables cook quickly in hot broth at the table

noun
/ˈʃɑːbuːˈʃɑːbuː/

: shabu-shabu

Every Saturday, my family has shabu-shabu for dinner, allowing us to cook fresh vegetables and meat together.
Japanese shabu-shabu

Examples

But I think that at its best, America's like shabu shabu, Japanese hot pot.
I've got japanese shabu shabu here, heavy on the veggies.

The Toxic Avenger Part II (1989)
The 124-seat, three-floor space focuses on Teppanyaki and will serve robatayaki, shabu-shabu, and sushi and sashimi.

Blog text (1)
At the restaurant, we enjoyed shabu-shabu, where we cooked thin slices of meat in hot broth at our table.
During our trip to Japan, we tried shabu-shabu, a delicious hot-pot dish that involves cooking various ingredients in broth.

Synonyms

sukiyaki

vsshabu-shabu

1 8.6

A Japanese dish of thin beef and vegetables cooked in soy sauce at the table

cooks the same thin meat and vegetables quickly in hot broth at the table

Surface Forms

shabu-shabu singular

shabu-shabus plural

Etymology

Shabu-shabu comes from the Japanese sound shabu, which copies the quick 'swish' you make when you dip thin meat into hot broth. So shabu-shabu is a Japanese hot-pot where you cook slices of meat and vegetables by quickly swishing them in the pot at the table.