Garlic Beef

Nira (chives), garlic, and beef taste very good together! Many Japanese believe that garlic gives you strength, so I prefer to make this recipe if I'm feeling tired! It is good with steamed rice and also I like to eat it wrapped in lettuce with some chili sauce.

Yield: 2 servings
Time: 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 1/2 lb sliced beef (sukiyaki beef, chopped into 3" pieces)
  
• 1/4 lb chives (chopped into 2" pieces)
  
• 1/4 lb bean sprouts
• 1 shironegi (thick green onion, or regular green onion if you can't find it)
• 2 cloves of garlic (sliced thin)
• 1 clove of garlic (minced)
  

Spices

• 2 tbps soy sauce
  
• 2 tbsp sake
  
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 2 tsp chicken soup powder
• dash salt and pepper
• ground sesame (optional)
  

Preparation

1. Mix spices (soy sauce, sake, mirin, chicken powder and ground garlic) in a bowl
   
2. Heat the oil and sliced garlic in a frying pan then cook green onion for 2 minutes over medium heat. Add beef, sprinkle salt and pepper, then transfer beef to a dish when it is cooked through
   
3. Add nira, bean sprouts, and mixed spice in a frying pan. Cook for 3 minutes over medium heat
4. Return beef to the pan, mix and cook for an additional 1 minute
5. Serve with sprinkled ground sesame (optional)