Japanese Meat & Potato Stew (Nikujaga)

Japanese Meat & Potato Stew (Nikujaga)

Japanese Meat & Potato Stew, known as Nikujaga, is a comforting and nutritious dish made with tender meat, potatoes, and vegetables cooked in a savoury-sweet broth. This balanced meal is rich in protein, fibre, and essential vitamins while being relatively low in fat, especially when prepared with lean meat. Nikujaga is a heart-warming, home-style meal that satisfies without compromising your health goals.

What to prepare

Clock Image 20 minutes
Duration: 40 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins
Difficulty: Easy

Ingredients

6
250 g Beef, sliced
3 nos Potato, cut into cubes
1 Carrot, cut into cubes
1 Medium yellow onion, roughly sliced
200 g Glass noodles / Shirataki noodles (konnyaku yam noodles), blanched and cut half
1 tbsp Cooking oil

For seasonings

2 cups Dashi (Japanese soup stock) / 1 pkt dashi powder + 2 cups water
4 tbsp Apple juice / 4 tbsp vinegar + 4 tsp sugar
4 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
1 tbsp Sugar

For garnishing

8 pcs Snow peas, blanched

Method

STEP 1

1) Heat up oil in Panasonic Pressure Cooker, select HOT POT-> START. Add in onion and sauté until fragrant.

STEP 2

2) Then, add in beef and stir fry until light brown. Add in potato, carrot and Shirataki noodles, and mix well.

STEP 3

3) Pour in seasonings and change setting, select STEW -> START.

STEP 4

4) Add in snow peas and ready to be served.

STEP 5

Chef tip: 
If you would like to have more soft and tender texture for the stew, can select STEW -> TIMING -> 18 minutes -> START. Auto setting for STEW function is 10 minutes.

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