Ingredients

  • 300 grams Thinly sliced beef
  • 1 Onion
  • 2 tbsp Sugar
  • 1 tbsp Water
  • 250 ml Water
  • 3 tbsp White wine
  • 3 tbsp Mirin
  • 4 tbsp Soy sauce
  • 1 large pinch Salt
  • 1/2 Soup stock cube
  • 1 dash Dashi stock granules
  • 1 medium clove Garlic
  • 1 piece smaller than a garlic clove Ginger

Method

  • Make the caramel sauce.
  • Put the sugar and 1 tablespoon of water in a pan and simmer.
  • It's cooked enough when it is lightly golden in color.
  • When it starts to smell like caramel, swirl the sauce around the pan and take it off the heat.
  • Add the wine and mirin, return to the heat and cook off the alcohol.
  • Add the rest of the sauce ingredients.
  • Cut the onion in half and slice against the grain 5-7 mm wide.
  • Cut the beef into 2-3 cm wide pieces.
  • Add the sauce made in Step 2.
  • When it comes to a boil, add the onion.
  • When the onion is softened, add the beef and simmer.
  • Take out the ginger and garlic.
  • Leave the pan as-is with a lid on until it's time to eat, to let the flavors penetrate.
  • When you're ready to eat, heat up the contents of the pan, and serve over rice garnished with some beni shouga red pickled ginger.