Nikujaga - Meat & Potatoes

Simple home cooking in a pot takes on many forms across the world.
Even the ultra efficient and madly meticulous Japanese at times prefer an easy 1 step 1 pot dish.

Nikujaga (Nee Koo Jah Gah) which literally means meat and potatoes in Japanese, is one of these dishes.










You simply cut up...
Base Ingredients : Potatoes, Carrots, Onions
Optional : Gobo, Konyaku, Shiitake Mushrooms
Slices of Beef and sautee it all in a pot, add Sake, Mirin, Soy Sauce, and Sugar and let it simmer till potatoes are fork tender. Serve hot with some rice or rice noodles and you have a traditional Japanese home cooked dish.