Nira (chives), garlic, and beef taste very good together! Many Japanese believe that garlic gives you strength, so I prefer to make this recipe if I’m feeling tired! It is good with steamed rice and also I like to eat it wrapped in lettuce with some chili sauce.
Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/2 lb sliced beef (sukiyaki beef, chopped into 3″ pieces)
- 1/4 lb chives (chopped into 2″ pieces)
- 1/4 lb bean sprouts
- 1 shironegi (thick green onion, or regular green onion if you can’t find it)
- 2 cloves of garlic (sliced thin)
- 1 clove of garlic (minced)
Spices
- 2 tbps soy sauce
- 2 tbsp sake
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tsp chicken soup powder
- dash salt and pepper
- ground sesame (optional)
Preparation
- Mix spices (soy sauce, sake, mirin, chicken powder and ground garlic) in a bowl
- Heat the oil and sliced garlic in a frying pan then cook green onion for 2 minutes over medium heat. Add beef, sprinkle salt and pepper, then transfer beef to a dish when it is cooked through
- Add nira, bean sprouts, and mixed spice in a frying pan. Cook for 3 minutes over medium heat
- Return beef to the pan, mix and cook for an additional 1 minute
- Serve with sprinkled ground sesame (optional)
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