Mock Sukiyaki Food

FAKE SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• In a wok over high heat, combine 1/4 cup of the beef stock, soy sauce, and sake. Add onions and mushrooms; fry until onions start to soften. Add the strips of beef and remaining beef stock, and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes. Add spinach, cover, and cook for 3 minutes, until spinach is wilted, but not fully cooked. Adjust seasonings to taste, and serve over udon or ramen noodles.

MOCK SUKIYAKI

Steps:

• In skillet brown steak in 1 tbsp olive oil over a high heat, turning the meat so that it sears all sides; do it a little bit at a time so that the steak does not steam. Remove the meat as it cooks and place it in the lid of the frying pan(Why dirty another dish, when you will be using the lid eventually?). When all the meat has been cooked, add the onion and cook for 2 - 3 minutes, scraping up the brown bits. Then, add the meat back into the pan and add the broth, salt and soya sauce. Cover and simmer this for 10 - 12 minutes.
• Then add the vegetables (it doesn't matter if you have these exact vegetables, you can add whatever you have). Simmer until the vegetables are crisp-tender.
• Combine the water with the cornstarch and stir until it is all liquid. Stir this into the mixture and cook until it is thickened. Season with freshly ground pepper. Serve with "Easy Steamed Rice"
• Bring the water and salt to a rolling boil. Add the rice and stir it to prevent it from sticking to the bottom. Cook the rice in the boiling water for 10 minutes.
• Drain the rice into a strainer and then fill the bottom of the saucepan that you just used with about 2 - 3 inches of water. Place the strainer on the saucepan (ensure that the rice is not sitting in water. Cover the strainer and bring the water to a boil (steaming the rice). Cook for at least 20 minutes, but can continue to steam it until it is ready to be eaten. To increase the number of servings, just add more rice to the boiling water and follow the other steps.
• I will often cook some onions and mushrooms in a small frying pan and add them to to the cooked rice before serving. Sometimes I just add a tablespoon of butter to the rice and stir it in.
• If you would like to cook brown rice, increase the initial cook time in the water from 10 to 14 minutes and then steam it until it is tender.
• Cook the rice in chicken, beef or vegetable broth instead of water for the first 10 minutes and then steam over water as described above.