Japanese meat and potatoes
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Plus 30 minutes steaming time after being cooked if time allows
- Easy
- Serves 5
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp sesame or vegetable oil
- 200g beef or pork mince, or sliced beef or pork
- 2 medium onions, each cut into 8 pieces
- 4 medium potatoes, each cut into 8 equal pieces
- 300-400ml water
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sake (Japanese rice wine) or red wine
- 2 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1/2 tbsp rice vinegar (option)
(For the decoration)
- few green beans, boiled in salted water
- few sliced carrot, shaped in flower as photo if you like
Method
- STEP 1Heat the oil in a sauce pan and brown the meat. Add the onions, stir for 1 minutes, then add the potatoes.
- STEP 2Cover the potatoes with measured water and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat and simmer for 20 minutes.
- STEP 3Add the mixture of soy sauce, wine, sugar and honey, and continue simmering until most of the liquid is gone.
- STEP 4Add the vinegar to intensify the flavour if you wish, remove from the heat, and putting the lid on, allow the potatoes to absorb the taste for at least 30 minutes. It becomes nicer next day.
- STEP 5Serve with a little decoration as photo if you like.
