My Too-Easy Nikujaga (Japanese Simmered Meat and Potatoes)

Name: My Too-Easy Nikujaga (Japanese Simmered Meat and Potatoes)
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 150 grams Thinly slice pork offcuts or coarsely chopped pork etc.; 500 grams Potatoes; 1 Onion; 1/2 Carrot; 1 tbsp Sake; 1 tbsp Sugar; 1 tbsp Soy sauce; 1 tbsp Canola oil; 1/2 tsp Salt

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I bought a pan with a tight fitting lid about 20 years ago for making nikujaga. Since then, my nikujaga method has gotten pretty slapdash, but it's still really delicious.
Being that my pan is so old, that probably means that if your lid is newer with ventilation holes, you need to be careful not to let it burn.

You only need to mix it up three times while it cooks - at the start, halfway through, and at the end. Draw out the water from the vegetables first, then turn up the heat to medium. When there's almost no water left in the pan turn the heat down very low.
By adding salt at the end, the flavors really come together. Recipe by Mihomiho mama recipes

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Ingredients

150 gramsThinly slice pork offcuts or coarsely chopped pork etc.
500 gramsPotatoes
1Onion
1/2Carrot
1 tbspSake
1 tbspSugar
1 tbspSoy sauce
1 tbspCanola oil
1/2 tspSalt

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Steps

1

Put a pot next to the cutting board, and toss the onions into the pot as you chop. Cut the onion in half, then half again, and chop.
2

Cut the carrot roughly and toss in the pan (I cut it up smaller than the potatoes.)
3

Peel the potatoes and cut them, and put in the pan.
4

Add the pork on top.
5

Put on the burner, and add oil, sake, sugar and soy sauce. Turn on the heat and mix.
6

When the flavoring ingredients are evenly distributed, cover with a lid and simmer over low heat for about 5 minutes.
7

If you open the lid, you'll see water has seeped out of the vegetables.
8

Mix well again and cover with a lid. Simmer over medium heat for about 5 minutes this time.
9

Open the lid again and mix. Poke the vegetables with a skewer to check their doneness. Put the lid back on and simmer for another 3 to 5 minutes over low heat if needed. Adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.