Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes)
Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes)

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Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions every day. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is something that I’ve loved my whole life.

Nikujaga quite literally translates to "meat and potatoes" - niku means "meat" and jaga means "potatoes" in Japanese. It's a comfort food and the Japanese version of beef stew. The beef in Nikujaga is added more for flavor than substance.

To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have nikujaga  (simmered meat and potatoes) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes):
  1. Take 6 potatoes
  2. Make ready 1 onion
  3. Get 1 carrot
  4. Prepare 200 g sliced beef or pork (ground meat is also ok.)
  5. Make ready 2 tbsp olive oil
  6. Take 6 tbsp sake
  7. Prepare 4 tbsp sugar
  8. Make ready 4 tbsp mirin
  9. Get 6 tbsp soy sauce
  10. Prepare 4 cup dashi

Unlike Western stews, the simmering time is much shorter because nikujaga uses thinly sliced meat. Beef is commonly used for this dish but in. With beef and potatoes simmered in a sweet soy stock until meltingly tender, Nikujaga (肉じゃが), or "meat potatoes" is Japanese comfort food at its best. It's a real work horse of the Japanese home kitchen and quite literally translates to "meat and potatoes".

Steps to make Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes):
  1. Cut the potatoes and soak into water for a while. Slice onion. Cut carrot and beef into bite-size.  2. Add olive oil to the flying pan and sauté beef.  3. Add onion, carrot, and potato without water and sauté them.  4. Add dashi, sake and sugar. Simmer it for 5 minutes.  5. Skim the scum. Add mirin and soy sauce.  6. Place the paper towel directly on the food and simmer it       for 25 minutes.
  2. Add olive oil to the flying pan and sauté beef.
  3. Add onion, carrot, and potato and sauté them.
  4. Add dashi, sake and sugar. Simmer it for 5 minutes.
  5. Skim the scum. Add mirin and soy sauce.
  6. Place the paper towel directly on the food and simmer it for 25 minutes.

Being high in energy, low on prep time. Literally "meat and potatoes", the recipe for nikujaga could be considered Japan's answer to spaghetti bolognese. A light, simmered dish of meat, potatoes and a few other ingredients, every family will make its own version and have its own opinion on how nikujaga "should" be made. Enjoy a Japanese hearty winter warmer with this nikujaga meat and potato stew. Nikujaga is made from thinly sliced beef stewed with potato and onions in a slightly sweet soy Continue to simmer until the liquid is reduced, then your nikujaga is ready to enjoy.

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