Japanese style beef and potato stew

Nikujaga is one of the traditional Japanese family meals. It is highly nutritious as we can consume vegetables and meat in a balanced way.
It can be eaten straight after it's cooked, but leaving it for an hour or so can make it even tastier as the flavor soaks through. After leaving it for an hour, reheat before eating.

Ingredients for two people servings

Thinly sliced beef loin: 200g

Soy sauce: 1 teaspoon

Onion: 1／2

Potato: 2

Carrot: 1／2

Snow pea: 2

Water: 300ml

Dried kelp: 5x10 cm

Soy sauce: 4 teaspoons

Sugar: 1 tablespoon

Japanese sweet sauce: 2 tablespoon

How to make it

Rub soy sauce onto the beef for flavor. Slice onions into wedges. Peel potatoes and cut roughly into bite size. Remove the string off snow peas, cook in boiled water for 30 minutes, then place in cold water and cut into 2mm wide strips with scissors. Wipe dried kelp with wet paper towel to remove dust.
Place water, kelp, soy sauce, sugar and Japanese sweet sauce in a pot and heat at medium heat. When it starts boiling, put the beef, onions, potatoes and carrots and cook for 10 minutes covered with a small lid placed in the pot.
Remove the lid and cook for 10 minutes to extract the moisture in the pot.
Serve in a dish and place the snow peas on it.

Contact

International and Regional Division, Export and International Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Agriculture,Forestry and Fisheries

Tel:+81-3-3502-5914