“Tetsunabe Gyoza” is a Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture delicacy made by placing small gyoza dumplings densely on a hot iron pot.
鉄なべ餃子”Tetsunebe Gyoza(Iron pot dumplings)”
A Kitakyushu gourmet dish consisting of small gyoza densely packed on a piping hot iron pot.
They are served at around 40 stores in Kitakyushu alone.
The appeal of iron pot gyoza is their bite-sized size and the piping hotness of the iron pot.
They’re bite-sized, about half the size of regular ones, so they don’t lose their juices and the residual heat keeps them from cooling down!
It’s appealing to change up the flavor with yuzu pepper and other ingredients.
There are some restaurants in Fukuoka City that serve it as well.
In Fukuoka City, it is standard to eat sweet and spicy chicken wings with iron pot gyoza.
The Yawata Daitetsu Nabe, owned by the Yawata Gyoza Council, is a disc-shaped iron pot made with the cooperation of Nippon Steel Sumitomo Metal Yawata Steel Works that can be used for events and can cook up to 1,000 gyoza.
＜Number of gyoza restaurants per 100,000 people＞
1st: Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture: 11.4 restaurants
2nd: Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture: 8.1 restaurants
3rd: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture: 7.3 restaurants
4th: Kumamoto City, Kumamoto Prefecture: 7.2 restaurants
5th: Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture: 7.0 restaurants
You can really feel the love for gyoza that Fukuoka and Kitakyushu have.
【Featured shops】
- 本店 鉄なべ
(Honten tetsu nabe)
add：Miyamoto Building 1F, 1-9-13 Kurosaki, Yahatahigashi-ku, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka PrefectureFounded in 1958,
this is the birthplace of iron pot gyoza(tetsu nabe gyoza).
鉄なべ餃子発祥の店 本店鉄なべ本店鉄なべは、昭和33年に北九州折尾で創業した【鉄なべ餃子発祥の店】です。パリっとした鉄なべぎょうざは、北九州で長く愛されています。www.honten-tetsunabe.com - 小倉鉄なべ 総本店
(Kokura Tetsunabe Sohonten)
ad：2-3-12 Uomachi, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture・鉄なべ餃子 8個 650円
(Iron pot gyoza (8 pieces) 650 yen) -
鉄なべ 荒江本店
(TetsuNabe Arae-honten)
add：3-10-4 Arae, Sawara Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture鉄なべ餃子 9個 660円 ＆ 手羽先の甘辛煮
(Iron pot gyoza (gyoza), 9 pieces, 660 yen)
Many people also order the sweet and spicy chicken wings as a set.The broth from the sweet and spicy chicken wings is also used in the gyoza filling.
＜The Story of the Third Generation at Main Store Tetsunabe＞
Iron pot gyoza was invented by founder Haruko Uku in 1958.
Originally, the business ran a chicken and egg bun business in front of Orio Station, but when it shifted to a gyoza restaurant, it was troubled by the fact that serving gyoza on a plate would inevitably cool down.
Nukuko’s older brother was on a business trip to Ginza, Tokyo, and was deeply moved when he saw Neapolitan pasta served on a piping hot iron plate.
Neapolitan is a ketchup-based pasta dish that originated in Japan.
It’s a popular menu item at coffee shops.
Inspired by the hot plate Neapolitan he had eaten in Ginza, he decided to use an iron pot instead of a hot plate, so that the food could be cooked and served directly to customers, as water would overflow when added.
Later, it gained a reputation for being an inexpensive way to provide stamina to workers at the nearby Yahata Manufacturing Co., Ltd., and spread throughout Fukuoka Prefecture, primarily in Kitakyushu.
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