Sanshoku Soboro Donburi (Tricolor Chicken Rice Bowl)
Sanshoku don is a colorful and tasty dish made with seasoned Japanese chicken "soboro", tender scrambled eggs, and blanched spinach served on top of hot and fluffy Japanese rice. It's tasty, filling, and perfect for dinner and lunchboxes!
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 3 egg
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 pinch salt
- 150 g ground chicken
- 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu)
- 1 tbsp oyster sauce
- 1 tbsp sake (see note)
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 60 g Oriental spinach
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu)
- 1 pinch sugar
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
- ½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds
- 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice
- 1 tsp red pickled ginger (benishoga) (optional)
Instructions
- 1
Crack 3 egg into a mixing bowl and add ½ tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sake and 1 pinch salt. Whisk them together until well combined.
- 2
Take a non-stick pan and heat it on medium. Add a small drizzle of cooking oil and pour in the egg. Allow it to firm up a little before mixing to make it scrambled.
- 3
Transfer the scrambled egg to a bowl and set aside for later. Wipe out the pan to remove any egg residue.
- 4
Return the pan to the heat and add 150 g ground chicken. (Add a little more oil if necessary.) Cook until lightly browned.
- 5
Add 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu), 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp sake, 1 tbsp mirin and 1 tbsp sugar to the mince and cook on a high heat until the liquid is completely reduced.
- 6
Once all the liquid is gone, remove the pan from the heat.
- 7
Bring a small pot of water to a rolling boil and add 1 pinch salt. Add 60 g Oriental spinach and blanch for 1 minute. Once done,
- 8
Drain the water and place the blanched spinach in a small bowl. Add 1 tsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu), 1 pinch sugar, 1 tsp toasted sesame oil and ½ tsp toasted white sesame seeds, and mix thoroughly.
- 9
Dish up 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice into separate serving bowls.
- 10
Arrange the egg, soboro chicken and greens on top.
- 11
Garnish with 1 tsp red pickled ginger (benishoga) (optional) on each portion and enjoy!