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Classic Japanese Dinner How to make Nikujaga Meat and potato

2025 5/27
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Today’s Home Cooking: Nikujyaga! 🍲✨


Let me introduce a Japanese home-cooking classic: 

Nikujaga (Meat & Potatoes Stew)!

先日、叔母の畑で収穫したじゃがいもも使って肉じゃがを作っていきます。

I’ll be using some potatoes I harvested recently from my aunt’s garden to make this dish.

じゃがいも畑の投稿はこちらから

Check out the potato fields post here:

My Aunt’s Potato Farm – 叔母のじゃがいも畑

 

How to Make “Nikujaga” – A Traditional Japanese Stew

肉じゃが


用意するもの|Ingredients:

    • じゃがいも|Potatoes
    • にんじん|Carrots
    • 豚肉|Pork
    • 玉ねぎ|Onion
    • 醤油|Soy sauce
    • 砂糖|Sugar
    • 酒|Sake
    • みりん|Mirin
    • 味噌|Miso

※細かい分量知りたい方は、コメントお待ちしてます!

※If you want exact measurements, feel free to leave a comment!

 

Let’s get cooking!

① 野菜を一口大に切る

→ Cut the veggies into bite-sized pieces.

 

② 肉、切った野菜を鍋で炒め合わせる

→ Sauté the pork and chopped veggies in a pot.

③ 水を入れる

→ Add water.

④ 砂糖、醤油、酒、みりんを入れて、落とし蓋をして煮詰める

→ Add sugar, soy sauce, sake, and mirin. Put on a drop lid and let it simmer.

⑤ 10分ほど経ったら、火を消し、少しだけ味噌を入れる(これが我が家のポイント)

→ After about 10 minutes, turn off the heat and mix in a little bit of miso. (This is our family’s secret!)

⑥ 食べる前にもう一度火を入れて、完成!

→ Reheat just before serving—and done!

 

じゃがいもがホクホク美味しい、ご飯が進む日本の家庭料理の定番を紹介しました!

The potatoes turn out fluffy and delicious—this is a comforting dish that goes great with rice!

とっても手抜きご飯ですが、その他のメニューも紹介します!

It’s a super simple meal today, but let me show you the other dishes too!

🥣ぶっ込み味噌汁|Quick & Easy Miso Soup

豆腐が余っていたので、油揚げと豆腐の味噌汁を作りました。

I had some leftover tofu, so I made miso soup with tofu and aburaage (fried tofu skin).

材料|Ingredients:

    • 余りものの豆腐|Leftover tofu
    • 油揚げ|Aburaage
    • 味噌|Miso
    • 出汁パック|Dashi pack

作り方|How to Make:

① だしをとります。(“久世福商店”の万能だし使用)

→ Make the dashi (I used “Kuzefuku Shoten”’s all-purpose dashi—super easy and tasty!)

鍋に水を入れ、火にかけて、出汁パックを3~5分ほど入れるだけで完成。

→ Add water and the dashi pack to a pot, bring it to heat, and let it steep for 3–5 minutes.

② 食べやすいサイズに切った豆腐と油揚げを入れる

→ Add tofu and aburaage (cut into bite-sized pieces).

③ 沸騰しないように注意しながら、味噌を溶かし入れる

→ Gently stir in miso without letting it boil.

④ 味見してOKなら完成!

→ Taste it—and if it’s good, you’re done!

🥦茹でてかけただけサラダ|Simple Boiled Broccoli Salad

冷凍のブロッコリーをさっと茹でて、最近コストコで見つけたドレッシングをかけただけ!

I just boiled some frozen broccoli and topped it with a tasty dressing I found at Costco!

これ、見たことありますか?

→ Have you seen this one before?

 

🐟湯煎だけ味噌煮|Heat-Up Miso Mackerel

湯煎で温めただけのさばの味噌煮。

A pouch of miso mackerel—just heat it up in hot water.

簡単に美味しい魚が食べられる便利アイテム!

So easy, and you get a delicious fish dish with zero effort!

 

💬今日は体調が優れなかった為、手抜きご飯!

I wasn’t feeling great today, so it’s a shortcut dinner kind of day!

そんな日もあるよね〜。

Sometimes you just need those easy meals, right?

皆さんの家庭料理も教えてください!

Let me know what kind of home-cooked meals you make too!

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