Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Stew) - East Asian Recipe

Nikujaga (Meat and Potato Stew)

🌍 East Asian, Japan Difficulty: ●●●○○

Created by Admiral Tōgō in the Meiji era — inspired by the British navy's beef stew and adapted with dashi and soy.

Ingredients

• 300g beef thinly sliced
• 4 potatoes halved
• 2 onions quartered
• 2 carrots
• 100g shirataki noodles
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 1 tbsp sake
• 1 tbsp sugar
• 300ml dashi

Method

1. Step 1 — Bring dashi, soy, mirin, sake, sugar to simmer.
2. Adding — Add onions, carrots, potatoes. Cover, simmer 15 min.
3. Separating — Separate beef slices, add to pot.
4. Cooking — Cook until potato is tender and beef cooked through (5–8 min).
5. Adding — Add shirataki. Serve in bowls.

Tags: beef thinly sliced, potatoes halved, onions quartered, carrots, shirataki noodles · Source: Brittani's Almanac