Basic Meat Soboro
By: Yuna Wu
Published: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 10:30pm

Ingredients




1 pound ground beef, pork, veal, turkey 
1 1/2 Tbs. sesame oil
1/2 cup finely chopped green onion, green and white parts both (about 2 stalks)
1 clove garlic, finely chopped
1 piece fresh ginger, finely chopped to yield about 2 Tbs. of chopped ginger
2 Tbs. sugar
2 Tbs. sake
3 Tbs. dark soy sauce
3 to 4 Tbs. oyster sauce

Preparation

1 Heat up sesame oil in the pan. Add the vegetables and sautee until softened. 2 Add the meat and brown well. 3 Add the sugar, and stir around until it’s caramelized. 4 Add the sake and cook until most of the alcohol has evaporated. 5 Add the soy sauce and oyster sauce. Simmer until the liquid is almost gone, but the meat is still moist. 6 Adjust seasoning to taste.

About


You may cook this dish longer to make a meat furikake.  The furikake will keep longer than the soboro version, but it will also be drier.  Serve with rice.