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Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl, 牛肉丼)
Gyudon (牛肉丼) is a classic Japanese beef rice bowl with thin sliced beef and sweet tender onions over a bowl of hot rice.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 1 serving
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
1
- 1/2 white onion, sliced
- 200 g thin sliced beef
- 1 egg
- 1 scallion, chopped
- 1 serving cooked white rice
- toasted sesame seeds (optional)
- 1 tbsp sake (or sub with Shaoxing cooking wine)
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp light soy sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tbsp oyster sauce
- 2 tsp dark soy sauce
- 1/3 cup water (or dashi stock)
Instructions
- 1
Start preparing by cooking rice and boiled egg (optional), as cooking the beef literally takes less than 10 minutes.
- 2
Heat up 1 tbsp oil in a pan over medium-high heat and sauté onions until tender.
- 3
Add sliced beef and cook until the beef is no longer pink.
- 4
Add the sauce and water, then lower the heat and simmer for ~5 mins.
- 5
Serve beef on top of steamed rice, then garnish with scallions, sesame seeds and egg. Enjoy!