牛肉の八幡焼き― Gyu-niku no Hachiman-Yaki ―

Today is January 29th, my Birthday ^-^)ﾉ☆.｡･:*:･ﾟ`☆､｡･:*:･ﾟ`★.｡･:*:･ﾟ`☆.｡･:☆♪


I sincerely appreciate my mum for giving me a birth!!!!!


It's my birthday PLUS Saturday, but darling works today..
So I am at home alone and updating the blog!! 
What a nice way to spend the Birthday!? (*￣￣￣￣ー￣￣￣￣)


My Birthday is 'いい(ii)肉(niku)の(no)日(hi)', which means 'Nice meat day'!!
I'm a meat lover.  This can be, no!, MUST BE my destiny!!  ヾ( ￣▽)ゞ


Oh, well..


Today's dish is 牛肉の八幡焼き― Gyu-niku no Hachiman-Yaki―.


'Gyu-niku' means 'Beef'.  
  It can sound familiar to you because I wrote the recipe of 'Gyu-Don' before.
'Hachiman' means....  Hum... I'm not quite sure  (￣□￣;)
                              But I'm sure it has something to do with some region in Japan and 
                              also 'ごぼう-burdock root'.
'Yaki' means 'Grill'.

I felt like eating this 'Hachiman-Yaki' and cooked somehow here in Australia!!


*I decided to insert a photo of the dish here because I noticed  that the first photo on the blog appears when you post the link on facebook! lol




Popular Ingredients are:                                                      

 *Beef ― Again, usually use thin sliced beef.  
 *Burdock Root ― As the name of the dish 
                           shown, this is a kind 
                           of main ingredient.  
                           But I don't think this is easy 
                           to get them in Australia!?
                           I've seen them only once in 
                                                     a Japanese grocery store before.
 *Carrots
 *Beans
 *Potatoes


As always, thin sliced beef is not easy to get and also expensive here, so I used 
Beef Mince (＾▽＾)/




Now, let's cook!!

Firstly, boil vegetables briefly so they can cook fast later.


Then, knead the mince so they do not separate later. 


Spread the mince and shape like thin sliced beef.
                              



Put vegetables on the mince and roll them with mince.

(I used carrots and beans only this time.)








Pour flour on meat and grill them on the pan.


While you grill them, prepare the sauce.


It's easy, 
Mix half a table spoonful of sugar, a table spoonful of soy sauce and a table spoonful of SAKE(Link) in a small ball.


When the meat is cooked, pour the sauce into the pan and dress the meat with the sauce.




   Tadaaaann!!!! 


   Here's Gyu-niku no Hachiman Yaki!!! 
     
  Usually cut into half when serving so people can see the inside.

I did not cut all but only one to show you here how it looks like:-p


I cooked potato as a side dish this time.


Everything is brown again...
Oh, well...


♪いただきま～すっ♪


Mmm..
This was the first attempt to cook this with mince but YUM!!!


You can use thin sliced pork for this dish as well.
I assume pork mince will work all right too!


I used about 2/3 pack of mince this time, so it cost only $2.50 for two to three adults!!
(We are a big eater so ate them all easily though lol)




Just in case that you are interested in this potato dish..


This is called 'きんぴら ―KINPIRA―'.
KINPIRA is usually a burdock root dish but you can use carrots, celeries, potatoes and so on.


I cooked potatoes in a bit unusual way for KINPIRA this time. 
(I'll introduce KINPIRA  cooked in a common way another time.)


I refereed this recipe:http://cookpad.com/recipe/559362


It's easy to cook.


Cut potatoes into stripes.  
Wash them and drain water well.


Heat sesame oil over the medium heat and stir fly potatoes with grated garlic.


When it's almost cooked, pour SAKE, salt and pepper and cook until water extracted.


That's it.


It was yummm!!  
I bet this goes well with beer (≧ω≦)ｂ




♪ごちそうさまでした～っ♪




ヾ(≧▽≦)ﾉ