Japanese Beef Bowl (Gyū-don)
Japanese Beef bowl (Gyū-don) is a popular one bowl meal that consists of a bowl of rice topped with thinly sliced beef and onions simmered in sweet soy-flavoured sauce. It is often accompanied by red pickled ginger in the centre. It is so quick to make, tasty and filling – a perfect mid-week family meal.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 200 g (7oz) very thinly sliced beef (note 1)
- 1/2 large onion ((about 130g), cut into 1cm wide wedges)
- 300 ml (10oz) dashi stock
- 2 tbsp sake
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 x cooked rice in a large serving bowl ((about 200g per bowl))
- Finely chopped shallots ((scallions))
- Pickled red ginger ((note 2))
Instructions
- 1
If beef slices are large, cut them into bite-sized pieces.
- 2
Add dashi stock, sake, mirin and sugar in a saucepan or a deep fry pan and bring it to a boil over high heat.
- 3
Add onions to the pan and cook for 3 minutes until onions become tender and transparent.
- 4
Add beef slices to the pan and cook further 2 minutes, making sure that each piece of beef is separated. Use a ladle to remove scum if it surfaces, but try not to remove the sauce together with scum.
- 5
Reduce the heat to medium low, add the soy sauce and mix. Cook further until the sauce reduces by a third. Then, turn the heat off.
- 6
Spread the cooked beef and onions over the rice in two bowls. Pour two tablespoons of the sauce over each beef bowl in swirling motion.
- 7
Sprinkle the chopped shallots over the beef and place the pickled ginger in the middle, if using. Serve immediately.