Recipe: Yummy Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew

Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew.

To cook Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew you need 7 ingredients and just 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients

1. Prepare of thinly sliced beef.
2. It's of potatoes, peeled and cut into quarters.
3. Prepare of warm water.
4. Prepare of dashi powder.
5. You need of soy sauce.
6. You need of mirin.
7. It's of sugar (optional).

Nikujaga (肉じゃが) Japanese Beef and Potato Stew method

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..