What Makes This Recipe So Good
It’s surprisingly simple to make! This takeout favorite is easy to assemble and cook in the comfort of your own home. Simply wrap the beef and scallions, make the marinade, then cook – that’s it!It features a tangy, flavorful, and savory sauce! This beef negimaki sauce is extra flavorful and adds incredible taste to the dish. A few simple ingredients is all you’ll need to throw together this rich and delicious sauce!It’s actually fun to make! I love getting all hands on deck when assembling these beef rolls. Everyone will enjoy rolling and creating this exciting homemade meal.
Key Ingredients
Thinly Sliced Beef – Thinly sliced beef is essential to this beef negimaki recipe. It is important that the beef is thin and pliable enough to be rolled and wrapped around scallions. You should be able to find thinly sliced beef at your local grocery store or butcher’s shop. However, if you can’t track down pre-sliced beef, you can purchase a pound of flank steak and thinly slice it yourself. Scallions – Also referred to as green onions, scallions are a bright green aromatic vegetable. They taste similar to onions, but have a much more mild, fresh flavor and are popular in Asian cuisine. To prepare the scallions for this recipe, simply start by slicing off and discarding the root ends. Then, cut each scallion in half to create two shorter scallion pieces. Once in two pieces, you can roll them into the beef! Sake – This Japanese alcoholic beverage is another popular ingredient in Asian cuisine. In this beef negimaki recipe, the alcohol helps to both tenderize the beef as well as carry flavor. Don’t worry though, the alcohol gets cooked off during cooking. However, if you don’t have sake, you can use extra mirin or rice vinegar instead.
Chef’s Tips
Use toothpicks to help you roll and secure this beef negimaki! This process is one that can take a few attempts to get the hang of. Therefore, make your life easier by using toothpicks to help you along the way. Simmer the sauce on low heat, while stirring frequently. Cooking the sauce at too high of a temperature won’t speed up the thickening process. Instead, it could crystalize and burn the sugar which we definitely want to avoid!Switch up the fillings however you’d like! Crispy carrots or asparagus would make great additions to the scallions in this beef negimaki recipe. Really any sliced vegetable will work inside of these rolls.
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