Japanese

Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy)

Name: Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy)
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 3 russet potatoes; 1 cup dashi stock; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp mirin; 1 tbsp sugar

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

20 min Easy Pescatarian Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

3 russet potatoes
1 cup dashi stock
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin
1 tbsp sugar

How to cook it

Cut the potatoes into bite-size chunks.
Combine with the dashi, soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in a pot.
Simmer, covered, until the potatoes are tender, about 15 minutes, then uncover and shake the pot gently to coat them in the glaze as the liquid reduces.

Watch how to cook Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

お母さんの味、ジャガイモの煮っころがしの作り方　　How to make potato boiled down in sweet soy sauce Play the video

Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
  
  30 min
Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
What it is eaten with
- Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
  
  45 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Ninjin Shirishiri (Carrot and Egg Stir-Fry with Tuna)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Ninjin Shirishiri (Carrot and Egg Stir-Fry with Tuna)
Fish	Yes	Horenso no Goma-ae (Spinach with Sesame Dressing)
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 140 kcal
Protein: 3 g
Carbs: 31 g
Fat: 0 g
Fiber: 3 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 450 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Jagaimo no Nikorogashi (Simmered Potatoes in Sweet Soy) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.