How to Prepare Ultimate Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew

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Nikujaga (Japanese: 肉じゃが) literally means "meat and potatoes", from two of the main ingredients niku (meat) and jaga imo (potatoes). It's comfort food for the Japanese and it is a very popular meal cooked at home. This stew is called ' nikujaga ' (肉じゃが) in Japanese, which literally means meat and potatoes - the key ingredients of this dish. Meat is ' niku' (肉) in Japanese and potato is ' jagaimo ' (じゃがいも).

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To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have nikujaga (肉じゃが) japanese beef and potato stew using 7 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew:

1. Make ready 1/2 kg thinly sliced beef
2. Take 2 potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters
3. Make ready 2 cups warm water
4. Take 2 tsp dashi powder
5. Take 4 tbsp soy sauce
6. Prepare 6 tbsp mirin
7. Take 1 tbsp sugar (optional)

Add dashi mixture, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar (if desired). Recipe: Nikujaga, Japanese Potato and Beef Stew Nothing says comfort food quite like Nikujaga (肉じゃが). Literally meaning "meat and potatoes", nikujaga is an easy to prepare, inexpensive, and hearty dish. It consists of a light potato stew enhanced with meat, onions, shirataki noodles, and a variety of seasonal vegetables.

Steps to make Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew:

1. Mix dashi powder with warm water.
2. In a medium saucepan, heat oil on medium heat. Fry the beef until no longer pink.
3. Add potatoes and other optional vegetables (e.g. carrots).
4. Add dashi mixture, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar (if desired). Bring to a boil and skim off the scum from the top. DO NOT STIR IT! The drop lid used in the next step will take care of spreading the flavours.
5. Lower heat to medium low and cover with a drop lid (otoshibuta) and let simmer for 30 minutes. If you don't have an otoshibuta you can improvise one with a bit of aluminium foil large enough to rest on top of the stew with small holes poked through it with a knife.

Literally meaning "meat and potatoes", nikujaga is an easy to prepare, inexpensive, and hearty dish. It consists of a light potato stew enhanced with meat, onions, shirataki noodles, and a variety of seasonal vegetables. Niku (肉) means "meat" in Japanese, and jaga is short for jagaimo (ジャガイモ) which means "potatoes". Put the two together, and you have yourself a Japanese stew featuring meat and potatoes! Despite the uninspired name, the dish itself is a brilliant remix of traditional western stew ingredients prepared in a Japanese way.

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