Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, simmered meat and potato (nikujaga). One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Simmered Meat and Potato (Nikujaga) is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions every day. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. Simmered Meat and Potato (Nikujaga) is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
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 particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook simmered meat and potato (nikujaga) using 8 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Simmered Meat and Potato (Nikujaga):
- Prepare 4-5 potatoes (approx. 500 g)
- Make ready 3 onions
- Prepare 200 g thinly sliced pork or beef (if any, otherwise minced pork)
- Make ready 200 g shirataki (konnyaku noodles)
- Prepare 1/2 tbsp oil
- Get 6 tbsp soy sauce
- Prepare 4 tbsp sugar
- Make ready 1 tbsp butter
It is simmered in the classic Japanese seasonings of soy sauce, sake. 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. Nikujaga literally translated is meat and potatoes.
Instructions to make Simmered Meat and Potato (Nikujaga):
- Cut the potatoes into bite-size chunks. Cut the onions into wedges. And cut the carrot into random pieces. Boil the konnyaku noodles for about 5 minutes and drain water. Cut them into bite-length.
- Heat the oil in a pot and fry the onion for 2 minutes. Add the carrot and the potatoes and keep frying. Put the meat and the konnyaku noodles over them. Add the soy sauce and the sugar. Then, cover with a lid. Don't mix them now.
- Turn down the heat to medium-low heat and simmer for 15 minutes with the lid. 15 minutes later, open the lid and mix all ingredients in the pot.
- Simmer with the lid again for 8 ~ 10 minutes over medium-low heat until the potatoes are cooked. Open the lid and add some butter.
And this is one version you can make with dashi. There are all kinds of variations on nikujaga since it's a popular comfort food. Like any stew or long simmered food, it will taste even better the next day. The best part about this aside from the flavor?. Nikujaga (meat and potatoes in Japanese) is a homey dish made of simmered potatoes, onion, shirataki, and surprisingly just a bit of meat for flavour.
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