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Beef Yawata Maki (Glazed Beef Vegetable Rolls)

Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time10 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Author Yuto Omura
Servings 4 servings

Ingredients  

Sauce

Instructions 

  • Start boiling a small pot of water. While you wait for it to heat up, trim the ends of 8 green beans and cut 1 carrot into batons that match the size of the green beans and the width of the beef. Boil for 3 minutes and then transfer to a bowl of cold water to prevent them overcooking.
    carrots and green beans cut into batonnets (thick sticks) on a wooden chopping board
  • Stretch a piece of thinly sliced beef out on a flat surface and sprinkle the top with flour. Place 2 green beans and 2 carrot battons stacked into a 2x2 pattern on one side of the beef.
    A piece of thinly sliced beef stretched out on a wooden chopping board and sprinkled with flour, with carrots sticks and green beans arranged in a alternating 4x4 stack on the right side
  • Tightly roll the beef to encase the vegetables. Repeat with the rest of the beef slices and vegetables, placing each finished roll in a container with the seam facing down to prevent it from unrolling.
    Rolling carrot sticks and green beans arranged in a 2x2 square inside a piece of thinly sliced beef on a wooden chopping board
  • Start heating a pan on medium. Sprinkle the beef rolls with a thin even coat of flour.
    Four beef yawata maki in a steel container coated with flour
  • Mix 2 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu), 2 tbsp sake, 2 tbsp mirin and 1 tsp sugar in a small bowl and set by the stove ready for later.
    teriyaki sauce mixed in a small glass bowl
  • Once the pan is hot, pour a drizzle of oil and add the beef rolls. Fry until browned on all sides.
    Four flour-coated beef yawata maki (Japanese vegetable beef rolls) in a frying pan
  • Pour the sauce into the pan and continue to cook until thickened, turning the beef rolls occasionally to ensure they're evenly covered and don't burn. Once coated, remove the pan from the heat.
    4 browned beef yawata maki (Japanese vegetable beef rolls) frying in sauce in a frying pan
  • Cut each roll into halves or thirds and serve.
    One beef yawata maki (Japanese vegetable beef roll) cut into thirds on a wooden chopping board
  • Enjoy!
    Beef yawatamaki (beef rolls with carrot and green beans) held with wooden chopsticks