Gyudon (Japanese Beef Rice Bowl)

Ingredients

• Onions

  Raw

  1 ½ medium or 165g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  1 medium or 15g

• Beef chuck

  Arm pot roast, separable lean and fat, trimmed to 1/8" fat, all grades, raw

  2 lb or 907g

• Mushrooms

  Shiitake, dried

  5 mushrooms or 19g

• Sugar

  White, granulated sugar

  2 ½ tbsp or 32g

• Sake

  Alcoholic beverage, made from rice

  5 tbsp or 75g

• Mirin

  Sun Luck

  5 tbsp or 70g

• Soy sauce

  Low sodium, Shoyu

  7 tbsp or 112g

• Egg

  Whole, fresh eggs

  5 large or 250g

Directions

1. Gather all the ingredients. I usually put the thinly sliced beef in the freezer for 10 minutes because it's a lot easier to cut semi-frozen meat.
2. To make the dashi: https://www.justonecookbook.com/shiitake-dashi/
3. First, thinly slice the onion.
4. Next, cut the green onions diagonally into thin slices.
5. Then, take out the meat from the freezer. Cut the sliced meat into pieces 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide.
6. In a large frying pan (do not turn on the heat yet), add the dashi, sake, mirin, soy sauce, and sugar. Mix to combine.
7. Next, add the onion slices and spread them throughout the pan, separating the onion layers.
8. Then, add the meat on top of the onions. Separate the thin slices of beef so the meat covers the onions.
9. Cover the pan with a lid and start cooking over medium heat.
10. When the meat is cooked, skim off the scum and fat from the broth with a fine-mesh skimmer. Turn down the heat to simmer and continue cooking, covered, for 3-4 minutes.
11. Sprinkle the green onions on top and cook covered for another minute. If you like to add beaten eggs, you can add at this step (or refer to my Tanindon recipe).
12. In a large bowl, add the steamed rice and drizzle the remaining sauce on top.
13. Put the beef and onion mixture on top. If you'd like, drizzle the remaining sauce on top. Top with the pickled red ginger. Enjoy!
14. Recipe by: Namiko Chen (source: https://www.justonecookbook.com/gyudon/)
15. Optional: Cook eggs over easy and add to the mix.

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