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      Title: Simmered Pumpkin With Ground Beef
 Categories: Japanese
      Yield: 1 Batch
 
 
      1/4 lg Pumpkin (300 g)
      100 g  Lean ground beef
      1/2 ts Ginger; finely minced
        1 tb Vegetable oil
        2 c  Water (400 ml)
    1 1/2 tb Sake
    1 1/2 tb Soy sauce
        2 tb Sugar
        1 ts Corn starch; in:
        1 tb Water (optional)
  
  Remove pumpkin seeds, peel the skin at random and cut into 1-1/2"
  chunks. Slightly cut off the corners of the pumpkin pieces.
  
  Heat oil in a skillet and stir-fry ginger and ground beef. When the
  meat turns brown, stir in pumpkin and braise. When the pumpkin is
  fully coated with oil, add seasonings and simmer for a while over
  medium heat.
  
  When the pumpkin is tender, stir in cornstarch and water to add
  thickness.
  
  Recipe by Japanese Family-Style Recipes, Urakami Hiroko, 2004
 
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