Oyako Donburi A Traditional Japanese Dish Recipes

OYAKO DONBURI - A TRADITIONAL JAPANESE DISH

Steps:

• 1. IMPORTANT NOTE: The bamboo shoot is optional as quite a few people find the aroma and taste objectionable.
• 2. Prepare your shiitake mushrooms by soaking it in water, it must be reconstituted. The amount of time differs, but when it becomes pliable then squeeze the excess water out and slice it thinly.
• 3. Cut your chicken thigh or breast into bite size pieces, take off the skin and also try to cut off the fat.
• 4. In a large deep skillet pan add the dashi or chicken broth, shoyu, water, mirin, sugar. On medium high heat, boil to dissolve the sugar.
• 5. Add your chicken pieces, sliced round onions, sliced shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, let simmer for 15 minutes.
• 6. Add slightly beaten eggs in the center of the pan and let simmer for another 5 to 10 minutes, it really depends how cooked you want the eggs to be.
• 7. Turn off the heat and sprinkle some green onions over the egg and slightly mix everything together. Put your hot rice in a bowl and spoon your Oyako Donburi over the rice. Yummmmm . . . enjoy!

OYAKO DONBURI

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Saute chicken strips and onion until the chicken is cooked through, about 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off as much liquid as possible.
• Stir in the chicken broth, and simmer for 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and carrot, and let simmer for a few minutes before stirring in the sugar, soy sauce and salt. Simmer for 3 more minutes. Sprinkle in half of the green onions, stirring gently. Pour beaten eggs over the chicken mixture, and simmer until the eggs are cooked through, about 10 minutes. Serve over Japanese sticky rice.

GYU DONBURI (BEEF RICE BOWL) RECIPE

Steps:

• Slice the onion then place it into a sauce pan with the water and wafu dashi. Cook over medium heat until the onion becomes tender.
• Cut beef into bite-sized pieces. In a prep bowl, pre-marinate with white wine, sugar, mirin, salt, and soy sauce.
• Add the beef mixture to the pan and heat for 5 minutes.
• Serve on top for rice.