Shinsekai Standby · Miso-Stewed Tendon

Doteyaki (Miso-Stewed Beef Tendon)

Dote means embankment: the name comes from the way miso is banked up around the edge of the pot like a riverbank.

Beef tendon and konnyaku are simmered for hours in sweet miso and mirin until soft, then served in small cheap portions at the counters of Osaka's kushikatsu joints and standing bars.

Why it's made this way: It is a cheap downtown Osaka dish closely tied to the Shinsekai district, where many shops serve it alongside kushikatsu.

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