Nikujaga. 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.

Potatoes used in Nikujaga are anything you like. Nikujaga quite literally translates to "meat and potatoes" - niku means "meat" and jaga means "potatoes" in Japanese. It's a comfort food and the Japanese version of beef stew. You can cook Nikujaga using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Nikujaga

It's 6 of large sized potatoes.
It's 1 of large sized carrot.
You need 1 of large sized onion.
Prepare 1 lb of chopped meat(beef or pork).
Prepare 1 of packed shirataki (Noodles made from konnyaku).
You need of Sauce.
You need 1 tbsp of soy sauce.
Prepare 1 tbsp of mirin (sweet cooking rice wine).
You need 1 tbsp of cooking sake.
It's 1 tbsp of sugar.
It's 2 cups of water.

The beef in Nikujaga is added more for flavor than substance. This is a real workhorse of the Japanese home kitchen. 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.

Nikujaga step by step

Chop the potato and carrot into large pieces. Slice the onion into wedges..
Lay 2tbsp oil into the pot on high heat, cook the meat until they browned a little. Then add potatoes, carrots and onions,and cook them too..
Put mixed sauce and heat. When it boils, skim the scum. Add shirataki and stir, drop lid (or tinfoil) sits in the pot directly on the food on high heat for 10 mins..
Stir them once and simmer them for more 10 mins as the taste will soak in..
Enjoy them!.

So it is quick to cook and satisfies all the family's taste buds. 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 (Meat and Potatoes) With beef and potatoes simmered in a sweet soy stock until meltingly tender, Nikujaga (肉じゃが), or "meat potatoes" is Japanese comfort food at its best.