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Nikujaga


Ingredients for 3

  • 1/2 lb. (220 grams) beef (could be ground)
  • 3 thin slices ginger
  • 4 medium size potatoes
  • 1 carrot
  • 1/2 onion , (or 1 whole small )
  • 6 green beans
  • 1 bag shirataki
  • 1 tbsp. salad oil
  • 2 tbsp. sake
Ingredients for broth
  • 400 ml (1 4/5 American cup) water or dashi
  • 1 tbsp. sugar
  • 2 tbsp. mirin
  • 3 tbsp. shouyu (soy sauce)
  1. Wash, peel, and cut potatoes into 4. Leave them in water for 10 min. Drain and let it dry.
  2. Cut beef thinly like "sukiyaki" meat.
  3. Cut a carrot 1 inch long.
  4. Slice onion.
  5. Sprinkle salt (1/2 tsp.) over shirataki and mix well with both hands. Rinse. Put it in cold water and boil for 5min. Drain. Cut into 1.5 inch long.
  6. Boil water with a pinch of salt. Add green beans and boil for 2 min. Drain and run cold water. (Cold water preserves the color) Cut them into 1.5 inch long.
  7. Cut ginger into small strips.
  8. Make your pan ready to stir fry. Heat your pan again and add salad oil. Stir fry beef and ginger.
  9. Add shirataki, potaotes, carrots and stir fry. Sprinkle sake.
  10. Add water or dashi and bring it to boil.
  11. Skim and reduce heat to medium.
  12. Add sugar and mirin and put "otoshi-buta". Simmer for 10 min.
  13. Add 1/2 soy sauceand onion and stir gently. Put lid on and simmer 5 min.
  14. Add remaining soy sauce and simmer another 5 min.
  15. Add green beans and bring it to boil for a 2,3 min.