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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
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Hawaiian
Ingredients Method

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

Method
 

Marinate the meat
  1. 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.
  2. Place the meat and marinade into a shallow rectangular container and massage the marinade into all nooks of the meat.
    Marinated thinly sliced beef
  3. Cover the meat with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator for one hour to marinate.
Make the dipping sauce
  1. 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
  1. Once the meat is finished marinating, prepare the ingredients for battering. Place the flour in a plate and the eggs in a bowl.
  2. First coat the meat in a thin layer of flour. Shake off the excess flour.
  3. 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
  1. Add ½ inch of neutral oil to a frying pan and heat over medium-high heat.
  2. 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
  1. Serve the meat jun right away with the dipping sauce and more scallions on top for garnish.