Negima - Beef Scallion Rolls

Submitted by Mrs Goodall

"The most difficult part of making Negima is said to be slicing the meat thin enough to wrap around the scallions. Worth asking a butcher for ultra-thin cut sirloin. maybe freezing the meat a bit first would make it easier to slice at home. Possibly easier is using pork, chicken, or veal sold as thin cutlets. With a little pounding they're thin enough. From Bittman's Best Recipes in the World."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 5
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup soy sauce, plus more for brushing the meat
• 1 tablespoon rice vinegar (or white wine vineagar)
• 1 tablespoon mirin (or 2 tsp honey mixed with 2 tsp water)
• 24 scallions, green parts only (or a big fistful of chives)
• 1 1⁄4 lbs beef, chicken, veal or 1 1/4 lbs pork, sliced ultra-thin, about 3 inches wide and 5 - 6 inches long

directions

1. Start a charcoal or wood fire or preheat a gas grill or broiler; the fire should be quite hot.
2. Mix together the first 3 ingredients, then soak the scallions or chives in the this mixture while you prepare the meat.
3. Place the meat between 2 layers of wax paper or plastic wrap and pound it gently with a mallet, the bottom of a cast-iron pan, or rolling pin until it is about 1/8 inch thick. Brush one side of each piece of meat with a little soy sauce.
4. Remove the scallions or chives from their soaking liquid and cut them into lengths about the same width as the meat. Place a small bundle of them at one of the narrow ends of each slice, on the soy-brushed side. Roll the long way, securing the roll with a toothpick or two. (You can prepare the rolls in advance up to this point; cover and refrigerate for up to 2 hours before proceeding.) Brush the exterior of the roll with a little of the soaking liquid.
5. Grill or broil until brown on all sides, a total of about 6 minutes for chicken, 4 to 5 minutes for pork or veal, 4 minutes or less for beef.

Reviews

[Jostlori]

Wonderful! These were so easy to put together and were so unusual! I grilled them on a stovetop cast iron grill pan - just right! Thank you for posting a keeper of a recipe! Made for Culinary Quest 2015 by a Toasted Tourist.

 

[rosie316]

Made these tonight for dinner. Quite tasty, and very easy to make (These are made using the same technique as my Rouladen). I used the Soy sauce/ mirin/ rice vinegar mixture on all of the scallion greens, but then brushed half of them with Soy Sauce, and Teriyaki sauce on the rest. Both were good. I used a thin cut round steak and pounded the heck out of it (just like I normally do). They took about 6 minutes to get done on the grill. I will try and get the pic posted. Made for CQ 2015 Family Picks for LBOB's