Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)
Japan's fast-food beef bowl: paper-thin beef and onion simmered for barely two minutes in sweet dashi, soy and mirin, piled over rice so the broth soaks in, and topped with red pickled ginger.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 300 g ribeye or brisket, sliced paper-thin
- 200 ml dashi
- 3 tbsp soy sauce
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp sake or dry white wine
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 onion, in 5 mm slices
- 1 tsp ginger, grated
- 400 g steamed short-grain rice
- 2 tbsp red pickled ginger
- 1 spring onion, sliced
- 2 egg yolks (optional)
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1957 kcal · P 48.6g · C 399.1g · F 13.9g
Estimated from 12 of 12 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
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Steps
Steps
- 1If your beef is not sliced already, freeze it for 30 minutes and cut it across the grain as thinly as you can.
- 2Bring the dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar to a simmer in a wide pan, add the onion and cook for 5 minutes until soft and translucent.
- 3Add the ginger and the beef, separating the slices, and simmer for 1–2 minutes only, skimming off the foam, until the beef has just lost its pink. Any longer and it turns grey and tough.
- 4Taste the broth and adjust it with a little more soy sauce or sugar: it should be noticeably sweet and salty, stronger than a soup, because the rice will dilute it.
- 5Divide the rice between two deep bowls and spoon over the beef and onion with plenty of the broth so it soaks into the rice.
- 6Top with the pickled ginger and spring onion, and an egg yolk in the centre if you like.
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Questions and answers
How long does Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl) take to make?
About 20 minutes: 10 min prep and 10 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)?
12 ingredients: ribeye or brisket, dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake or dry white wine, sugar, onion, ginger, steamed short-grain rice, red pickled ginger, spring onion, egg yolks.
How many servings does this Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl) recipe make?
2 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)?
About 979 kcal, with 24.3 g protein, 199.5 g carbohydrate and 7 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl) recipe suit?
It is dairy-free.
What cuisine is Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl)?
Gyudon (Beef Rice Bowl) comes from Japanese cuisine.
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