Sweet and Salty Beef and Burdock Stir-Fry

Name: Sweet and Salty Beef and Burdock Stir-Fry
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Serves 2
Ingredients: Thinly sliced beef (komagire) 200g; Burdock root (gobo) 1 (about 150 g); Toasted white sesame seeds 1 tsp; Water Enough to soak the burdock; Vegetable oil 1 tbsp; Sugar 1 tbsp; Sake (Japanese rice wine) 1 tbsp; Mirin (sweet rice seasoning) 1 tbsp; Soy sauce 1 1/2 tbsp

🍱 For a bento

Serves 2 · About 25 min
Thin diagonal slices of burdock and beef stir-fried in a sweet and salty soy sauce and sugar flavor. Good for bento too.

① Cut the burdock and soak in water→② Mix the seasonings→③ Stir-fry the burdock→④ Stir-fry the beef→⑤ Coat with the sauce

What to buy

Meat

Thinly sliced beef (komagire)200g

Vegetables

Burdock root (gobo)1 (about 150 g)

Seasonings & dry goods

Toasted white sesame seeds1 tsp

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How to make it

Cut the burdock and soak in water

About 10 min

While washing the burdock under water, scrub the skin with a ball of aluminum foil or a scrub brush to remove the dirt (no need to peel)
On a cutting board, slice thinly on the diagonal, 3 mm wide
Soak in a bowl of water for 5 minutes, then drain in a colander

How to tell it's doneAll the cut burdock was soaked in water, then drained in the colander.

Mix the seasonings

1 min

In a small dish, mix 1 tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sake, 1 tbsp mirin and 1 1/2 tbsp soy sauce

How to tell it's doneThe sugar has dissolved, with none left on the bottom.

Stir-fry the burdock

Medium heatAbout 4 min

Put 1 tbsp vegetable oil in a frying pan and heat over medium heat
Add the burdock and stir-fry, mixing now and then

How to tell it's doneThe burdock has turned a little darker, and when you eat a slice, there is no hard center.

Add the beef and stir-fry

Medium heatAbout 3 min

Add the beef, spreading it out, and stir-fry, breaking it apart

How to tell it's doneNo red is left on the beef, and it is all brown.

Coat with the seasonings

Medium heatAbout 2 min

Add the seasonings you mixed in step 2
Stir-fry, mixing, until almost no liquid is left
Turn off the heat and sprinkle with 1 tsp toasted white sesame seeds

ReadyAlmost no liquid is left on the bottom of the pan, and everything is shiny.

Be carefulWith sugar in it, it burns easily. When the liquid gets low, keep stirring.

📚 Learn more about this dish

🥬 Ingredient guide

Mirin Shoyu (soy sauce)

🔪 Cutting & cooking tips

Heat levels (high, medium, low)

If it didn't work out

The burdock is hardThe stir-fry time in step 3 was not enough. Next time, stir-fry the burdock alone for longer, and eat a slice before adding the beef.

It burnedThe heat was too high in step 5, or you stopped stirring. Next time, after adding the seasonings, turn the heat a little lower than medium and keep stirring.

It tastes too saltyYou cooked it down too much. Next time, turn off the heat while a little liquid is still left.

The burdock looks darkTime passed before you put it in water. Put it in water right after cutting. The taste does not change.

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