WAGYU Beef Rice Bowl | Easy Japanese Recipe

wagyu beef

🥗Healthier: sirloin steak

💰Cheaper: chuck roast

Sirloin offers a leaner option while chuck roast is more affordable.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine vinegar + sugar

These alternatives provide a similar sweet acidity.

Leave the beef at room temperature for at least 30 minutes before cooking.

Add 2 tablespoons of mirin and 2 tablespoons of japanese cooking sake to a saucepan and turn to low heat to burn off the alcohol.

Once the alcohol is burned off, turn off the heat and add 2 tablespoons of soy sauce and 2 teaspoons of brown sugar to the pan and mix.

Set aside a bowl of cold water and place the saucepan in it to cool the marinade quickly.

Salt both sides of the wagyu steak before cooking.

Sear the steak in a frying pan for about 30 seconds on each side to get color, but do not cook through.

Remove the steak from the pan and add a clove of grated garlic to the marinade.

Put the marinade and steak into a ziploc bag, remove air by submerging it in water, and seal it.

Set the low temperature cooker to 60 degrees Celsius (140 degrees Fahrenheit) and cook the steak in the ziploc bag for 20 minutes.

Prepare the rice by adding dried kelp or kombu before boiling for extra flavor.

After cooking the rice, mix 60 ml of rice or grain vinegar, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt until dissolved.

Add the cooked rice to a large bowl, pour the vinegar mixture over it, and mix gently without crushing the rice grains.

Cool the rice down with a fan or cutting board.

Grate the tough base of the asparagus and cut them in half.

Boil the base of the asparagus in salted water for 30 seconds, then add the rest of the asparagus and boil for another minute.

Drain the asparagus using a colander.

Peel and cut an onion into rings, then boil them in water for 30 seconds and drain.

Cut the boiled onions into bite-sized chunks and sprinkle with a pinch of salt.

Grate about 1/8 of an apple for sweetness in the sauce.

Remove the steak from the ziploc bag and keep the marinade sauce.

Put the marinade and grated apple into a saucepan and boil over low heat until thickened.

Slice the cooked wagyu steak thinly and add it on top of the vegetables to soak up flavor.

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