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

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Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. Nikujaga  (Simmered meat and potatoes) is something that I have loved my whole life. They’re fine 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 recipe, we must first prepare a few components. You can cook nikujaga  (simmered meat and potatoes) using 10 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

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

Place cooker ingredients into the inner pot, mix, and add the dashi and condiments. Cut the potato and carrot into bite-sized pieces. String the snow peas and slice them into bite-sized pieces. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and sauté the beef over medium heat.

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.

When the beef is browned, add and sauté the onion, carrot, and potato. Nikujaga is a standard family food in Japan. "niku" means meat and "jaga" means potatoes, so this is basically simmered potatoes and vegetables with meat. My grandfather's Nikujaga recipe doesn't use any broth, only sugar, sake and soy sauce, so it has a wonderful sweet taste. Quick Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Stew) Easy to make, delicious, AND filling, it's no wonder Nikujaga is a perennial favorite of home cooks throughout Japan. My version of this Japanese comfort food is loaded with melt-in-your-mouth tender slices of beef simmered together with sweet onions, and big chunks of potatoes, carrots, and tomatoes.

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