Yakiniku at Home
Dr. P. had some work to do on Saturday. We decided to have dinner at home to save time/money. Went to Nijiya and saw their beef for yakiniku/sukiyaki was on sale. One $3.50 box was plenty for two of us. Also got a cabbage for $1.20. And some Japanese BBQ sauce for $3.99/bottle.
Yakiniku & Cabbage
Dinner was put together rather quickly. Marinated the beef in some Japanese BBq sauce for 10 minutes. Sautee. While meat’s cooking, chop the cabbage and some garlic. When meat is done, sautee the garlic and cabbage in the leftover meat sauce. Season with salt and pepper.
I really like this cut of meat. Had just enough fattiness. The BBQ sauce was a bit salty. Maybe I added too much, or maybe I marinated for too long? But it tasted great with rice. Cabbage was yummy, too. For some reason, BBQ beef and cabbage just go so well together.
So the cost of this meal was: meat ($3.50), 1/2 cabbage ($0.60), a bit of BBQ sauce ($0.10?), leftover garlic ($0.10?) and leftover rice from lunch ($0.50?). Add everything ($4.80) and divide by 2 = $2.40 per serving!
Yes, we can save so much money by cooking at home!
February 4th, 2009 at 2:54 pm
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February 4th, 2009 at 5:53 pm
It looks good!
February 7th, 2009 at 10:24 am
Sometimes quick thrown together meals are the very best, it looks delicious.