Japanese Minced Beef

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 6 min
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Description

Ground beef is pan-fried with ginger, soy sauce, sake, and mirin for a quick and easy, Japanese meal to serve over white rice.

Ingredients

3/4 pound ground beef
2 tablespoons freshly grated ginger
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons sake (Japanese rice wine)
2 tablespoons mirin (Japanese sweet wine)
1 tablespoon white sugar, or more to taste

Directions

1 Heat a skillet over medium heat; cook and stir beef until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Add ginger and stir well. Stir soy sauce, sake, mirin, and sugar into beef mixture; bring to a boil and cook for 1 minute more.