肉野菜炒(にくやさいいた)め

A straightforward compound describing a common home-cooked and restaurant dish: 肉(にく) (meat) + 野菜(やさい) (vegetables) + 炒(いた)め (stir-fry). It is a staple of everyday Japanese cooking and appears frequently on 定食(ていしょく) (set meal) menus.

Common collocations

• 肉野菜炒(にくやさいいた)め定食(ていしょく): stir-fried meat and vegetables set meal
• 豚(ぶた)肉野菜炒(にくやさいいた)め: pork and vegetable stir-fry
• 肉野菜炒(にくやさいいた)めを作(つく)る: to make meat and vegetable stir-fry

Similar words

• 野菜炒(やさいいた)め: vegetable stir-fry (without meat)
• 回鍋肉(ホイコーロー): twice-cooked pork (Chinese-style stir-fry; more specific dish with doubanjiang sauce)
• 焼(や)きそば: fried noodles (also a stir-fried dish, but with noodles as the base)

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This is an everyday cooking term. On restaurant menus, it may also appear as 野菜(やさい)肉炒(にくいた)め (with the order reversed).