Pan-Fried Beef with Vegetables

Name: Pan-Fried Beef with Vegetables (Gyuniku Gomayaki)
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 5 tablespoons white sesame seeds, toasted; 2½ tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce); 2½ tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce); 2 tablespoons sake (rice wine); 2 tablespoons sake (rice wine); 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet cooking wine); 2 tablespoons mirin (sweet cooking wine); 1 tablespoon honey; 3 garlic cloves, grated; 1 teaspoon grated ginger; ¼ teaspoon paprika; 1 tablespoon sesame oil; 1 pound beef sirloin, cut across the grain into 16 to 20 slices; 8 fresh shiitake mushrooms, preferably, or button mushrooms, stemmed; 8 fresh shiitake mushrooms, preferably, or button mushrooms, stemmed; 2 to 3 tablespoons vegetable oil; 2 medium onions, cut into thin disks; 8 asparagus spears, tough ends and scales removed, cut crosswise into halves; 10 ounces soybean or mung-bean sprouts, rinsed and drained well; 10 ounces soybean or mung-bean sprouts, rinsed and drained well; Plain cooked white or brown rice; Plain cooked white or brown rice

Gyuniku Gomayaki

Preparation info

Yields
4
servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Kitchen

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2000

About

In this popular recipe, thin-sliced beef is marinated and then simply pan-fried. Cooking the meat takes only a few minutes. During the cooking, I add vegetables to the skillet. When you want a quick beef dinner, this is it.

If possible, have the butcher slice the beef for you.

Ingredients

Marinade

5 tablespoons white sesame seeds, toasted
2½ tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce)

Asia
Japan
Dinner
Main course

Method

In a suribachi, preferably, or other mortar, grind the sesame seeds until they are roughly broken. Mix in the shoyu, sake, mirin, honey, garlic, ginger, paprika, and sesame oil. Marinate the beef in this mixture for 15 to 20 minutes.

Remove the beef from the marinade, leaving the sesame seeds that adhere to the surface of the meat. Discard the remaining marinade.