Name: Sweet Simmered Beef & Potatoes (Niku Jaga)
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: ½ pound beef sirloin; 1 tablespoon rice vinegar or white vinegar; 3 large russet potatoes; 1 tablespoon canola or other neutral oil; 1 large yellow onion, thinly sliced; 3 tablespoons mirin; 1½ tablespoons sugar; 2 tablespoons sake; 10–20 snow peas, slivered, for garnish; 5 tablespoons soy sauce

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Let's Cook Japanese Food!

By Amy Kaneko

Published 2017

About

The recipes for this favorite home-style meat-and-potato stew vary widely. Everyone’s mother has a “secret” recipe, and the taste can be quite different from region to region and even house to house. This recipe combines my mother-in-law’s version with a few embellishments to satisfy my family’s tastes.

Ingredients

½ pound beef sirloin
1 tablespoon rice vinegar or white vinegar
3

Method

Freeze the beef for 1 hour before very thinly slicing it (almost shaving it).
Add the vinegar to a large bowl of water. Peel the potatoes and cut each into 8 equal chunks. Immediately immerse the potatoes in the vinegar water to prevent darkening. Rinse and drain the potatoes just before using.
In a Dutch oven or other heavy pot over medium heat, warm