Nikujaga

There is a Japanese Tradition that all married women must learn how to cook Nikujaga(馬鈴薯燉肉 in Mandarin) for their husband. It is a Japanese dish of meat, potatoes, ito konnyaku, vegetables, and onion stewed in sweetened soy sauce. Generally, potatoes make up the bulk of the dish, with meat mostly serving as a source of flavor. This is a very healthy dish because it contains meat (proteins), vegetables, potato (carbohydrates), and more. Plus, it smells and tastes amazingly. Without further ado, let’s get started.

Recipe for Four People…

Ingredients

Sliced Beef 250g (can replace to any other meats you prefer)

Sake #1- 1 tablespoon

Potato 300g

Carrot 100g

Onion 1

Konjac noodles (blanched and washed) 1bag

Dashi 500cc

Seasoning

Sake#2 4 tablespoon

Mirin 2 tablespoon

Sugar 1 tablespoon

Soy sauce 4 tablespoon

Methods

1. Peeled potato and then cut ito chunks (don’t cut them too small because it is easily)

2. Cut carrot into chunks (smaller than potato)

3. Slice the onions

4. Cut the konjac noodles into edible size

5. Brine meat by adding sake#1 into it. (for smell)

6. Heat up a pan with olive oil, and stir fry onion and carrots until they change color.

7. Add potato and konjac noodles and stir fry.

8. Pour in dashi and wait for it to boil.

9. Add meat and seasoning, put on the lid, and wait for 6-8 minutes.

10. When carrot is cooked, test the flavour and adjust.

11. Add in vegetables, such as beans, if you want and wait for the liquid to thicken a bit. You are done!

Enjoy!

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