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Nikujaga (Japanese: 肉じゃが) literally means "meat and potatoes", from two of the main ingredients niku (meat) and jagaimo (potatoes). It's the Japanese version of beef stew; however, it contains a fairly small amount of meat. The meat is added for flavor rather than substance, just like most of. I call it stew but Japanese Meat and Potato Stew is nowhere near the Western style stew.
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The ingredients needed to make Dense and Hearty Nikujaga - Japanese Meat & Potato Simmer:
- Take 250 grams Thinly sliced beef
- Make ready 3 Potatoes
- Get 2 Onions
- Make ready 1 Carrot
- Get 6 Snow peas
- Prepare 2 tbsp Vegetable oil
- Take 100 ml Sake (or cooking sake)
- Make ready 4 to 5 tablespoons Sugar (adjust to taste)
- Prepare 5 tbsp Soy sauce
Easy to make and delightfully filling, this nikujaga is perfect. Nikujaga literally means meat (niku) and potatoes (jaga being the shortened form of jagaimo). A little salty and sweet, it generally contains thinly sliced beef. Nikujaga quite literally translates to "meat and potatoes" - niku means "meat" and jaga means "potatoes" in Japanese.
Steps to make Dense and Hearty Nikujaga - Japanese Meat & Potato Simmer:
- Cut the carrot and potatoes into bite sized pieces. Cut the onions in wedges. Cut the beef into 5 cm pieces. Blanch the snow peas.
- Heat some oil in a pan, add 1/4 of the beef and stir-fry over low heat.
- When the beef is cooked add the potatoes and carrots, and stir-fry until everything is coated in oil (the flavor of the beef will be transferred to the vegetables).
- Add the onions and keep stir-frying.
- Add the rest of the beef while spreading out the slices. Add the sake, and sprinkle in the sugar.
- Put on a small drop lid (a lid that rests right on top of the food), and simmer over low heat for 10 minutes.
- Remove the lid and swirl in the soy sauce. Cover with the lid again, and simmer for an additional 10 minutes.
- Mix everything together to evenly distribute the flavors. The potatoes fall apart easily, so be gentle.
- Cover with a lid again, and simmer for another 15 minutes over low heat. It's done when a toothpick inserted into a potato pierces through.
- Transfer to serving dishes, garnish with the snow peas and it's done!!
A little salty and sweet, it generally contains thinly sliced beef. Nikujaga quite literally translates to "meat and potatoes" - niku means "meat" and jaga means "potatoes" in Japanese. It's a comfort food and the The beef you use can be anything from ground chuck to short ribs; just make sure you use a cut with enough fat. Otherwise, the meat will get dried out. Nikujaga, or stewed potatoes with meat, is one of the mainstays of Japanese-style mother's cooking.
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