Easiest Way to Prepare Favorite Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes)

Hey everyone, it is Drew, welcome to my recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nikujaga  (simmered meat and potatoes). It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

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. Nikujaga (Japanese: 肉じゃが) literally means "meat and potatoes", from two of the main ingredients niku (meat) and jagaimo (potatoes).

Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is one of the most favored of recent trending meals in the world. It is appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.

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

The ingredients needed to make Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes):

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

Nikujaga literally translated is meat and potatoes. 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.

Instructions 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.

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 is literally meat (niku) and potatoes (jagaimo) in Japanese. It is a stewed dish seasoned with mainly soy sauce and sugar. Meat in Nikujaga has to be beef (at least I believe that).

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