Braised Beef & Burdock with Ginger (Shigureni)
Beef and burdock is an excellent combination. Cooked in a sweet soy sauce with a lot of ginger, Braised Beef & Burdock with Ginger is a great side dish that goes so well with rice.It is a great make ahead dish. It keeps about 1 week in the fridge and 1 month in the freezer.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 200g/7oz shaved burdock ((note 1))
- 200g/7oz very thinly sliced beef (, cut into large bite size pieces (note 2))
- 20g/0.7oz ginger (, julienned)
- ½ tbsp sesame oil
- 100ml/3.4oz water
- 2 tbsp sake
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2⅓ tbsp soy sauce
- 1½ tbsp sugar
- Finely julienned ginger
Instructions
- 1
Heat sesame oil in a frying pan over high heat.
- 2
Add burdock and ginger to the pan and sauté for 3 minutes until the burdock pieces are coated with oil and become slightly transparent.
- 3
Add beef and sauté until the colour of the beef slices changes to whitish. No need to cook through.
- 4
Add the Flavouring ingredients to the pan and cook, occasionally mix the ingredients.
- 5
When the liquid almost evaporates (about 10-15minutes), turn the heat off.
- 6
Serve garnished with finely julienned ginger if using.