Japanese Beef and Rice Bowl
Gyudon (Japanese Beef and Rice Bowl ) is pure comfort food for me. The ingredients are simple but result in the sauce that’s sublime.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 4 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 large onion, thinly sliced
- 1 pound marbled beef such as skirt steak, thinly sliced against the grain
- 2 tablespoons mirin
- 2 tablespoons sake
- 1 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 3 teaspoons sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon white sesame seeds
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- 1
Prepare the rice as you normally would in a rice cooker or pot while you prepare the beef.
- 2
In a large sauté pan, heat the vegetable oil over medium heat. Sauté the onions until soft, about 3 minutes. Push the onions to the side of the pan and add the beef to the middle. Sauté the beef for 1 to 2 minutes, until the red is mostly gone.
- 3
Add the mirin and sake and stir for 1 or 2 minutes while the alcohol lifts up the nice brown bits from the pan. Add the soy sauce and sesame oil and let simmer until sauce is reduced by half, about 5 minutes.
- 4
Serve hot over the rice and sprinkle sesame seeds on top.