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Teriyaki Beef Rolls

Recipe by Connie Veneracion
Baby asparagus are wrapped in sukiyaki-cut beef, floured, browned and simmered in teriyaki sauce. Topped with toasted sesame seeds, teriyaki beef rolls are perfect with rice.
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 3 people
Teriyaki Beef Rolls

Ingredients
  

  • 200 grams baby asparagus
  • 250 grams sukiyaki-cut beef
  • 2 tablespoons rice flour corn starch will do too
  • 2 tablespoons sake
  • 2 tablespoons mirin
  • 2 tablespoons light soy sauce
  • ½ teaspoon grated ginger optional
  • 1 teaspoon sugar optional
  • cooking oil for frying
  • 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds

Instructions
 

  • Rinse and wipe dry the baby asparagus.
    Wrapping Asparagus with Thin Slices of Beef
  • Place a slice of sukiyaki-cut beef flat on your work surface. Place three pieces of baby asparagus on the edge near you. Roll the beef carefully (don't tear them with heavy hands!) to seal the asparagus. Repeat until all the asparagus have been wrapped or until there are no beef slices left to wrap them with.
  • Arrange the beef-wrapped asparagus side by side in a single layer.
  • Place one tablespoon of rice flour in a strainer. Hold the strainer above the leftmost wrapped asparagus and, while moving the strainer slowly towards the right, tap gently.
  • Turn the beef-wrapped asparagus over. Repeat the flouring procedure with the remaining rice flour.
  • Make the teriyaki sauce. Mix together the sake, mirin, soy sauce, and the optional ginger and sugar, if using.
  • Heat enough cooking oil in a pan to reach a depth of one-fourth inch.
  • Fry the beef-wrapped asparagus in batches of four or five. DO NOT overcook them. Just brown and sear then scoop out and move to a plate.
    Searing Beef-wrapped Asparagus / Simmering teriyaki sauce
  • When all the wrapped asparagus have been browned and seared, pour the teriyaki sauce in the pan. Boil gently for a minute.
  • Arrange the fried beef-wrapped asparagus in the pan in a single layer. Cook over high heat, rolling them in the sauce, until the meat has soaked up all the sauce.
    Cooking beef-wrapped asparagus in teriyaki sauce
  • Transfer the beef-wrapped asparagus to a plate. Sprinkle with toasted sesame seeds and serve at once.

Notes

Updated from a recipe originally published in 7/11/2016
Keyword Teriyaki Sauce