Hibachi Vegetables: A Perfectly Cooked Vegetable Side Dish Recipe! (2024)

Hibachi vegetables are easy to prepare, grilled to perfection, and make the most delicious side for your hibachi-style family dinners! Use your favorite vegetables, broccoli, carrots, celery, bok choy, and onion, as I do here! No matter which vegetables you choose, you'll have an amazing side dish that everyone will love!

Serve with hibachi steak and shrimp, salmon, scallops, or chicken!

These easy Japanese steakhouse-style Hibachi Vegetables are a tasty addition to any meal!

I've been busy adding all of our hibachi sauces (ginger dipping sauce, mustard cream sauce) and my other fabulous hibachi sides (hibachi noodles and hibachi fried rice) here on the blog.

If you love making quick and easy hibachi-style dinners at home, check out my article full of the best hibachi dinner and sauce recipes here!

🥘 Ingredients

In addition to the vegetables mentioned in the recipe here, I also like to add zucchini, snow peas, bean sprouts, mushrooms, green onion, water chestnuts, and yellow squash.

Use your favorite vegetables to make this vegetable side dish even better!

Hibachi Cooking Oil

• Sesame Seed Oil - 1 tablespoon of sesame seed oil.
• Olive Oil - 2 ½ tablespoons of olive oil (extra virgin).
• Rice Cooking Wine - ¼ cup of rice cooking wine.
• Soy Sauce - 2 tablespoons of soy sauce.

Hibachi Vegetables

• Garlic - 1 tablespoon of garlic (minced).
• Ginger - ½ tablespoon of ginger (fresh, peeled, and finely minced).
• Broccoli - 2 cups of broccoli (washed and chopped).
• Carrots - 3 medium carrots (washed and sliced).
• Celery - 4 ribs of celery (washed and sliced).
• Bok Choy - 3 leaves bok choy (washed and chopped).
• Onion - 1 medium white onion (quartered and sliced).
• Black Pepper - 1 teaspoon of black pepper.
• Lemon - juice from ½ of a lemon.
• Soy Sauce - 1 tablespoon of soy sauce.
• Butter - 1 tablespoon of butter (softened at room temperature).
• Sesame Seeds - as an optional garnish if you'd like.

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🔪 How To Make Hibachi Vegetables

These hibachi vegetables are incredibly easy to make and are ready to serve in under 15 minutes! You will need a Blackstone grill (an electric skillet or just a really large frying pan will work), some measuring utensils, and a knife set to get started.

This recipe will yield around 4 servings. You can easily scale up the ingredient list to make more if needed!

Making The Cooking Oil

This base cooking oil used by Japanese chefs is a combination of 4 basic ingredients. Hibachi cooking oil is made with sesame seed oil, olive oil, rice cooking wine, and soy sauce.

1. Combine. Combine 1tablespoonof sesame seed oil, 2 ½tablespoonsof olive oil, ¼cuprice cooking wine, and 2tablespoonssoy sauce in a jar or squeeze bottle that you can seal with a lid to shake up the contents, and for storing any unused portion (if desired).
2. Shake. Shake the container before using it to cook hibachi-style foods, such as hibachi vegetables, noodles, rice, chicken, steak, or seafood.

Cooking The Vegetables

1. Prep. After washing and slicing your vegetables (2 cups of broccoli, 3mediumcarrots, 4ribsof celery, 3leavesbok choy, and 1mediumwhite onion) bring a griddle surface, wok, or a large skillet with 2 tablespoons of the hibachi cooking oil to medium-high heat.
2. Saute. Once the oil is shimmering, add the 1tablespoon of garlic and ½tablespoon of ginger and sauté for 2-3 minutes. Add the remaining vegetables (unless you are using bean sprouts or mushrooms, save them until the last two minutes of cooking time as they cook quickly), including chopped broccoli, sliced onion, sliced celery, sliced carrots, and chopped bok choy.
3. Add ingredients. Add 1teaspoon of freshly ground black pepper and some freshly squeezed lemon juice from ½ of alemon. Continue to cook the vegetables over medium-high heat, adding more hibachi cooking oil as needed.
4. Add ingredients. Combine 1tablespoon of butter and 1tablespoon of soy sauce then add to vegetables at the last 2 minutes of cooking. Cook until vegetables have reached your desired level of tenderness, about 5 minutes. *Use unsalted butter or low-sodium soy sauce if desired.
5. Serve. Remove from heat and serve garnished with optional sesame seeds.

Don't forget to try some yum yum sauce for dipping. Enjoy!

💭 Tips & Notes

• Using Pre-Sliced Vegetables: For convenience, feel free to use pre-sliced vegetables. This can save time and make the preparation process quicker and easier.
• Adjusting Broccoli Texture: If you prefer your broccoli to be crispier, add it towards the end of the cooking process. Similarly, for vegetables like bean sprouts or spinach that cook quickly, add them at the end and cook for just 1 minute.
• Adding Heat: To introduce some spiciness to the dish, consider using red pepper flakes or red chili sauce. Adjust the amount according to your heat preference.
• Butter for Smoothness: Adding a bit of butter at the end of cooking can make the vegetables extra smooth. It's a simple yet effective way to enhance the flavor and texture of your vegetable side dish.

🥡 Storing & Reheating

Refrigerate any leftover vegetables in an air-tight container, for up to 3 - 4 days. However, the vegetables are best used within the first day or two of being refrigerated.

Reheating

A quick stovetop heating is the best way to reheat your leftovers (the same is true of pretty much any take-out, homemade Chinese, or Japanese-style foods).

Heat a large skillet or wok on high heat, use a touch of my hibachi cooking oil, and turn the vegetables for about 2 minutes or until they are heated through completely.

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🍱 More Hibachi Recipes

• Hibachi Fried Rice - My hibachi rice makes an excellent base for all of your favorite hibachi-style proteins!
• Hibachi Salmon - This hot and fresh salmon is perfectly grilled and ready to serve in 20 minutes!
• Hibachi Scallops - These delicious and easy-to-make hibachi scallops are seared to perfection with butter and lemon juice!
• Hibachi Chicken - Hibachi chicken is an easy chicken dinner that is full of tasty flavors!
• Hibachi Ginger Sauce - Serve this delicious ginger sauce with your favorite hibachi steak, seafood, chicken, or vegetables!
• Hibachi Noodles - These hibachi noodles are rich, buttery, smooth, and perfect as a base for many dishes!

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