Nikujaga (肉じゃが) is the comfort food you can find in all Japanese households. This dish has an excellent harmony of stewed meat, potatoes, onions, and carrots with Japanese simple yet umami seasoning. Try to cook Nikujaga and bring a heartwarming situation to your dining table. Served with warm rice. Possibly with miso soup as well!
To make Nikujaga, you will need Japanese soy sauce (shoyu). Along with the other seasonings, shoyu will make any Japanese recipes genuine. If you like to explore Japanese cuisine, make sure to stock shoyu!
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How to Make Nikujaga
Nikujaga (Stewed Beef And Potato)
Ingredients
- 150 g Thin Beef Slices
- 2 Potatoes
- 1 Carrot
- 1 Onion
- 80 g Konyaku Noodles
- 8 pieces Snap Peas
- 2 tbsp Koikuchi Thick Soy Sauce
- 1 tbsp Sugar
- 2 tbsp Cooking Sake
- 100 ml Dashi Stock (You can also use store bought dashi powder mixed with water or use your favorite kind of stock)
- 0.5 tbsp Vegetable Oil
Instructions
- Cut potatoes and carrot into bite sized pieces (about 1 inch). Cut onion into 4 wedges.
- Remove the string part from pea pods.
- Cut konyaku into small pieces and hard boil it for 1 minute.
- Heat oil on the frying pan and cook the beef slices until brown, be careful not to overcook the beef and set aside once done.
- With the leftover oil and the meat grease on the pan, sauté potatoes and carrots on until half cooked.
- Add onion and konyaku to the stir fry until all ingredients are coated with oil.
- Place the cooked beef back into the pan and mix well.
- Add dashi stock, sugar, sake, soy sauce. Mix well and put on the lid to simmer for 10 minutes or until the potato is soft. Finally, add the snap peas.
- Let the nikujaga simmer again for about 2 minutes before serving.
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