Cookbook:Gyudon (Japanese Beef and Rice Bowl)

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Gyudon, often literally translated as 'beef bowl', is a Japanese dish consisting of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi, soy sauce, and mirin. It also often includes shirataki noodles. Gyudon is a very popular food in Japan, and it is commonly served with beni shōga (pickled ginger), shichimi seasoning, and a side dish of miso soup. Gyū means "cow" or "beef", and don is short for donburi, the Japanese word for "bowl".

Ingredients

 * 2 eggs
 * 200 g thinly-sliced beef
 * ½ onion, cut into wedges
 * 1 tablespoon sake
 * 1 tablespoon sugar
 * 1 tablespoon mirin
 * 2 tablespoons soy sauce
 * 100 ml water
 * ½ teaspoon dashi
 * 5 g ginger, grated
 * Steamed rice
 * Beni shōga (pickled ginger)
 * Shichimi seasoning
 * Scallions, chopped

Procedure

 * 1) Cover the eggs in boiling water, and let them sit for 20 minutes so they are soft inside and not hard. Carefully peel off the shell.
 * 2) Boil the beef and drain the water.
 * 3) Combine sake, mirin, soy sauce, and sugar in a frying pan. Stir over at medium heat.
 * 4) Add beef and cook. Before all the sauce evaporates, remove the beef.
 * 5) Add water, dashi, grated ginger, and onions to the sauce. Cover and boil.
 * 6) Mix in the beef.
 * 7) Put the steamed rice in a bowl, and top with the sauced meat.
 * 8) Arrange the soft egg and pickled ginger on top. Top with scallions and shichimi seasoning.