Nikujaga

Name: Nikujaga
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 400g thinly sliced beef or pork; 400g potatoes, cubed; 1 white onion, sliced; 1 carrot, sliced; 100g green beans, trimmed; 3 tbsp soy sauce; 3 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp sugar; 500ml dashi or water

Japanese meat and potato stew — comfort food at its most Japanese. Briefly stir-frying the meat before the onion and potatoes go in builds a base layer of savoury flavour the whole stew simmers into.

Total time

40 min

Prep

10 min

Cook

30 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Japanese

Ingredients

400gthinly sliced beef or pork

400gpotatoes, cubed

1white onion, sliced

1carrot, sliced

100ggreen beans, trimmed

3 tbspsoy sauce

3 tbspmirin

1 tbspsake

1 tbspsugar

500mldashi or water

Instructions

Heat oil in a pot, briefly stir-fry meat. Add onion, cook 3 minutes.

Add potatoes and carrot.

Add dashi, soy, mirin, sake and sugar. Bring to boil.

Simmer 20 minutes until potatoes are tender.

Add green beans in last 3 minutes. Serve in deep bowls.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

154

Protein

3.8g

Fat

0.3g

Carbs

31.4g

Fiber

Sodium

629mg

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