Shigure style stewed Beef

Shigure style stewed Beef is called "Shigure-ni" 時雨煮 in Japanese.  "Shigure" literary means sudden shower in the late summer or winter, and "-ni" means stewed dish. People say a Japanese man in the Edo period named the dish "Shigure-ni" because he thought the shigureni has strong but short-lasting flavor just like Shigure rain (*sudden shower) when he first tasted the dish.

Shigure-ni is just like sukiyaki but a bit closer to Teriyaki beef. Its ingredients are very simple: Beef (or Pork), Sugar, Soy sauce, Mirin, Sake, and grated ginger.  "Shigureni" is a way of cooking, not the name of dish. Therefore, there are clam shigureni, Tuna shigureni, and even mushroom shigureni.

最近お気に入りのトマトと牛肉の時雨煮のレシピです。女性には特に人気なので、作ってみてください。すごく簡単で、作りやすい一品です。

Today I'm going to introduce to you my Original Tomato and Beef shigureni Recipe. It is milder and I adjusted the taste and flavour for all ages/ all races. I hope you like the recipe =)

Tomato Beef Shigure-ni

Ingredients:

       Sliced Beef           150g

              *you can purchase it at T&T/ H-Mart/ Konbiniya in Vancouver Area

       Mini Tomato        5-10 

              *you can use regular size tomato as well

        Butter             1 tea spoon

         Ketchup           1 tea spoon

  ☆Soy sauce                2 table spoon

      Mirin                      2 table spoon

      Cooking Sake             2 table spoon

      Sugar                     1 table spoon

      Ginger (Grated)           1 tea spoon

材料：
　　　薄切り牛肉　　１５０g
　　　ミニトマト　　５−１０
　　　バター　　　　小さじ１
　　　ケチャップ　　小さじ１

　☆醤油　　　　　　大さじ２
　　みりん　　　　　大さじ２
　　料理酒　　　　　大さじ２
　　砂糖　　　　　　大さじ２
　　すりおろし生姜　　　　　大さじ２

In a small pot, boil pot-full of water.

お湯を小さめの鍋に沸騰させます。

 Use a fork to boil the tomato one by one until a part of skin is peeled. 

ミニトマトを湯むきします。

Put in ice water, and peel off the whole tomato skin. Cut the tomato into 4 pieces.   普通のトマトでも大丈夫ですが、甘めのトマトを使用してください。

Make sure to use the juice came out from the tomato as well.

トマトを切ったときに出る果汁も使います。

On a heated pan, add butter and cook the sliced beef with medium heat until the beef is perfectly cooked.   あたたまったフライパンにバターをひいて、牛肉を完全に火が通るまで焼きます。

Add ☆ ingredients and the peeled tomato to the pan, and cook with low- med heat until the sauce is absorbed and evaporated. Add Ketchup and mix well.
☆の材料とトマト、トマトの果汁をフライパンに足します。たれが煮詰まったら、ケチャップを絡めて完成です。

Ready to serve with Grated radish/ Green Onion/ White sesame!
大根おろしや青ネギ、白ごまをトッピングするとあっさりと食べられます。

Simple, Cheap, and Delish...

My favorite words are all in one dish =)