Soki

This article is about the Ryukyuan dish. For the main character of Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams, see Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams § Characters. For the Balinese artist, see I Ketut Soki. For the daimyō, see Yūki Hideyasu.

Sooki (Okinawan: ソーキ) is an ingredient of the cuisine of the ethnic Ryukyuans in Japan. Sooki are (usually boneless) stewed pork spare ribs, with the cartilage still attached.^[1] They are often served with suba(Japanese:Okinawa soba).^[2][3]

Sooki

A bowl of sooki suba noodles
Region or state	Okinawa Prefecture, Japan
Main ingredients	Spare ribs
Media: Sooki

Dishes

Sooki suba

Suba(Japanese:Okinawa soba) with stewed sooki on top. The sooki are prepared by first boiling to remove excess fat, then stewing in a mixture of Aamui(Japanese:awamori, to soften the meat), soy sauce, and sugar for three to four hours. They are then placed in a bowl of Suba.

sooki jiru

Soup containing sooki, konbu (edible seaweed), and daikon (Japanese radish), with salt and soy sauce for flavoring. The sooki are first boiled to remove excess fat and drippings, then stewed in the soup until tender.

In Japan, konbu is usually used just for flavoring and then discarded^{[dubious – discuss]}, but a distinctive feature of Okinawan soups is that the konbu is left in.