Like their counterparts around the world, Japanese children enjoy the same kind of foods other children also would choose. Hamburger steaks, chicken with rice, spaghetti, all kinds of ramen and other noodle dishes.
Japanese children enjoy both traditional food (like tempura, sushi and teriaki) as well as those with Western origins when dining at home. Curry sauce and rice as well as the “Hanbagu” as mentioned above are popular choices, which is usually served with rice or on its own, rather in a bun Western-style.
Japanese Style Hanbagu or Hamburger Steak
(Servings: 2)
– 2 blocks freeze-dried tofu
– 1/4 onion
– 1 1/2 T cooking oil
– 40g lotus root
– 120g minced beef and pork
– (A)
1/2 T Kikkoman Soy Sauce
1 T Kikkoman Manjo Cooking Sake
Pepper
– 1 egg
– 1 T flour
– 1/2 bunch enoki mushrooms
– 2 fresh shiitake mushrooms
– 2 green onions
– (B)
1 1/2 T Kikkoman Soy Sauce
1 T Kikkoman Manjo Cooking Sake
1 T vinegar
1 t sugar
1 t dashi (bonito extract liquid)
– 2 t potato starch
Cooking time: 40 minutes
– Soak freeze-dried tofu in warm water until softened. Wrap tofu with cloth and break into small pieces. Chop onion finely, stir-fry with 1/2 T cooking oil and then cool. Roughly chop lotus root and soak in vinegar mixed with water (not included in quantities above).
– Put minced beef and pork, tofu and (A) in a bowl, and mix well. Add onion, lotus root, egg and flour, and stir well to form a sticky paste. Divide the paste in half and make two oval patties. Heat 1 T cooking oil in a frying pan and fry the patties.
– Remove tough stems of enoki mushrooms and cut mushrooms in half. Remove stems of shiitake mushrooms and cut mushrooms into thin strips. Put 2/3 C water, (B), enoki and shiitake mushrooms in a pan. Dissolve potato starch in water and add to mixture when it boils to make a thick sauce.
– Place each hamburger steak on a plate and add the sauce. Chop green onions diagonally and sprinkle on top.
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