pepper rice

I have been seeing this all over the internet recently and had to try.

Jenny tried it and her version is called  yakiniku fried rice.

After looking online I think Pepper Lunch came up with this idea first, they have all sorts of variations on their menu.

The components are pretty simple...beef, rice, garlic, green onions, corn, butter and yakiniku sauce.

For the yakiniku sauce, I used the recipe for Mio's sauce.

Since most people were staying at home in Japan (not eating out), most people were making this on their hot plates.

Here is how I made mine...(serves 2)

olive oil

1 clove garlic, sliced thin

1 cup rice, cooked

125 grams thinly sliced beef

4 stalks green onion, sliced

1 package corn (100 grams), rinsed 

nub of butter (about 1 tablespoon)

2 tablespoons yakiniku sauce

grinds of pepper

wedges of lemon

Heat the oil on medium and add the garlic

When the garlic is fragrant, add the rice and turn off the heat

Arrange the meat around the rice

Top the rice with green onions, corn and butter

Turn the heat back on to medium, cook the meat for a couple of minutes (depends on the thickness of your meat and to your liking)

Break up the rice gently with a wooden spoon 

Add the sauce and fold in gently

Cover for a minute, grind pepper and serve

Satoshi loved this.

You can add more garlic and more sauce, but this amount was perfect for us.

You could even use different veggies and meats.

NOTES: I served this with wedges of lemon and I think  it helped to cut the richness of this dish.

I will probably make this again during the summer when I don’t feel like cooking.

On a side note, have you tried this chuhai? it is called zeitaku shibori and is made by Asahi. I bought the lychee flavored one and it tasted like you were actually eating lychee.

Hope to find more of these...