Home-style nikujaga without mirin
Step 1 of 4
Scrub skin-on potatoes and cut them into 3 cm pieces, cut carrots into thick half-moons and onion into wedges. Slice flank steak very thinly across the grain.
10 min
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Ingredients
- 600 gBeef, flank, steak, separable lean only, trimmed to 0" fat, choice, raw
- 650 gPotatoes, russet, flesh and skin, raw (Includes foods for USDA's Food Distribution Program)
- 250 gCarrots, raw
- 250 gOnions, raw
- 90 gSoy sauce made from soy and wheat (shoyu)
- 70 gAlcoholic beverage, rice (sake)
- 35 gSugars, granulated
- 650 gBeverages, water, tap, drinking
- 10 gOil, canola
Method
- Scrub skin-on potatoes and cut them into 3 cm pieces, cut carrots into thick half-moons and onion into wedges. Slice flank steak very thinly across the grain.
- Heat 10 g oil in a wide pot and fry the beef with the onion for five minutes until the meat loses its raw colour and the onion softens.
- Add potatoes, carrots, soy sauce, sake, sugar and water. Bring to a boil, skim the foam and place a drop lid (otoshibuta) on the surface, or cover the pot with the lid slightly ajar.
- Simmer gently for 25 minutes until the skin-on potatoes are tender and the broth has partly reduced. Serve with all the remaining broth.