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Meat Jun with dipping sauce and white rice

Meat Jun - Local Hawaiian Style

Hawaiian-style meat jun is a revelation in flavor, with tender marinated beef coated in a simple batter and then quickly fried
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Cook Time 45 minutes
Marinate in fridge 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Hawaiian
Servings 4 people

Ingredients
  

  • ½ lb ribeye beef thinly sliced to ⅛"
  • neutral oil such as canola, for frying

For the marinade

  • ¼ cup soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tbsp mirin
  • 2 tsp sugar
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 1 scallion minced

For the batter

  • ¾ cup flour
  • 2 eggs scrambled

For the dipping sauce

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar
  • 1 tbsp sesame oil
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 scallion sliced
  • 1 tsp gochugaru

For serving

  • 1 scallion sliced, for garnish

Instructions
 

Marinate the meat

  • Add all ingredients for the marinade (soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin, sugar, minced garlic, and minced scallion) to a medium bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved.
  • Place the meat and marinade into a shallow rectangular container and massage the marinade into all nooks of the meat.
    Marinated thinly sliced beef
  • Cover the meat with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for one hour to marinate.

Make the dipping sauce

  • While the meat is marinating, make the dipping sauce. Add all ingredients (soy, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, sugar, minced garlic, sliced scallion, and gochugaru) to a small bowl and stir until the sugar is dissolved.

Batter the meat

  • Once the meat is finished marinating, prepare the ingredients for battering. Place the flour in a plate and the eggs in a bowl.
  • First coat the meat in a thin layer of flour. Shake off the excess flour.
  • Then coat the meat in eggs. Let the excess egg drain off the meat and place the battered meat on a clean plate. Repeat the process for all slices of meat.
    Breading the meat before frying

Fry the meat

  • Add ½ inch of neutral oil to a frying pan and heat over medium-high heat.
  • Once the oil is hot, fry the meat slices one at a time. Fry for 1-2 minutes on each side, for a total of 2-4 minutes. When the meat is finished, place it on a paper-towel lined plate to absorb the excess oil.
    Frying the meat

Serve

  • Serve the meat jun right away with the dipping sauce and more scallions on top for garnish.
Keyword Beef, Fried