Nikujaga, or Japanese Fricassee

Nikujaga is one of the most popular dishes in Japan. It is something like Fricassee in Japan. Firstly sliced onions are fried in a pot until they become soft. Then beef is added in the pot and they are being fried. When they have been fried enough, carrots, potatoes and noodle made from konnyaku which is paste of a kind of potato are poured into the pot. When they have been fried enough again, Japanese soup stock made from bonito and kelp are poured in the pot. After soup stock is boiled, soy sauce, sweet sake and sugar are poured into the pot. Finally they have been simmered with a wooden drop-lid over 20 minutes.
There are many kind of Nikujaga in Japan. Each Nikujaga is arranged by each mother or home.