Chicken and Potato Stew, Nikujaga

INGREDIENTS4servings

  • chicken thigh

    200g

  • potato

    3(400g)

  • onion

    150g

  • carrot

    80g

  • green bean

    6

  • vegetable oil

    1・1/2 Tbsp

  • water

    400ml

[A]

  • ・Shimaya Dashi-no-moto

    1 tsp

  • ・sugar

    2 Tbsp

  • ・cooking sake (or white wine)

    2 Tbsp

  • soy sauce

    3 Tbsp

The standard of measuring
  • 1 Tbsp (table spoon) = 15ml,
    1 tsp (tea spoon) = 5ml
  • Shimaya Dashi-no-moto 1 tsp = about 4g
    (powder type, granule type)

DIRECTIONS

  1. Cut the chicken into bite-sized pieces. Peel and cut the potatoes into bite-sized pieces, rinse in water.
  2. Cut the onion into 1 cm wedges. Chop the carrot into chunks. Remove the string from the green beans and cut them into half.
  3. Heat the vegetable oil into a pot and saute the chicken on medium heat until it is browned. Add the potatoes which is shook the water off, onion and carrot. Stir fry all together well.
  4. Add the water and turn the heat up high. When it is boiling, skim the foam from the top of the soup. Pour in [A] and boil it for 5 minutes.
  5. Add the soy sauce, boil it on medium heat with a drop lid on until the soup is reduced by half. Add the green beans and heat it again quickly. Turn off the heat and leave it to cool down.

In Japan, beef is generally used, but can be substituted with chicken or pork.

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