How to Make Quick Nikujaga

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, nikujaga. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

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 a comfort food for the Japanese and it is a very popular meal cooked at home. Nikujaga is literally meat (niku) and potatoes (jagaimo) in Japanese. It is a stewed dish seasoned with mainly soy sauce and sugar.

Nikujaga is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s easy, it is quick, it tastes yummy. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Nikujaga is something that I have loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.

To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook nikujaga using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Nikujaga:

1. Get 4 Potatoes
2. Make ready 1-2 Onions
3. Make ready 1 small piece Ginger *sliced into thin strips
4. Take 300-400 g Thinly Sliced Beef (or Pork/Chicken)
5. Get Itokonnyaku/Shirataki (Konjac Noodles) *optional
6. Make ready Dashi Stock OR Water
7. Take 1 tablespoon Sugar
8. Get 1 tablespoon Mirin
9. Prepare 2 tablespoons Soy Sauce

The beef in Nikujaga is added more for flavor than substance. This is a real workhorse of the Japanese home kitchen. We are making Nikujaga, one of the most popular dishes in home cooking. This time, we will add a minimum amount of water to bring out the maximum flavor from the ingredients.

Steps to make Nikujaga:

1. Cut thinly sliced Beef (or Pork/Chicken) into bite size, Potatoes into 4 to 5cm pieces, and Onion(s) 1-2cm strips. *Note: I often use a thick rump steak. Simply slice it thinly and ready to use for the dish.
2. Place Potato, Onion and Ginger into a pot and just cover with Dashi Stock OR Water. You would need 400 to 500ml. Add Sugar, Mirin and Soy Sauce, cook over high heat.
3. When it starts boiling, add Beef (OR Pork, Chicken) and Itokonnyaku/Shirataki (Konjac Noodles), then cook covered until Potato is soft, stirring occasionally. *Note: Lower the heat if required, but I usually keep the high heat.
4. When Potato is cooked, remove the lid, and cook until the sauce is thickened, shaking and tossing occasionally.
5. Pour into a large serving bowl and serve.

We are making Nikujaga, one of the most popular dishes in home cooking. This time, we will add a minimum amount of water to bring out the maximum flavor from the ingredients. The combined umami of the meat and vegetable makes this dish absolutely delicious! Nikujaga is a delicious Japanese dish made primarily from two main ingredients: meat (" niku ") and potatoes (" jaga imo"). It is one of the staple Japanese weekday dinner dishes.

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