Nikujaga with Pork

1 h 20 min

Stewed potato and pork in sweet and salty broth

1 h 20 min4 servings

Ingredients

  • 20 sugar snap peas (cooked)
  • 4 potatoes
  • 2 onions
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 tsp oil
  • 1/2 lb pork (thinly sliced)
  • 1 c water
  • 4 Tbsp sugar
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 4 Tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 Tbsp Sake
  • 2 Tbsp Mirin

Instructions

  1. 1

    Cook sugar snap peas in boiling water for a minute. Let them cool.

  2. 2

    Peel and cut a potato into about 4-8 pieces depending on size of the potato, and cut an onion into 8 pieces and a carrot into small wedges.

  3. 3

    Cut sliced pork into 2" width pieces.

  4. 4

    In a large pot, heat oil at medium high temperature and cook pork until the color changes.

  5. 5

    Add potatoes, onions, and carrot and cook for a minute.

  6. 6

    Add water, cover, and cook it at medium heat about 20 minutes or until potatoes get tender.

  7. 7

    Season with sugar, soy sauce, Mirin, Sake, and salt. Cook 15 minutes longer.

  8. 8

    Remove from heat and let it sit for 30 minutes. Then add snap peas.

  9. 9

    Serve as is or reheat.

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