How to Make Gyudon - Japanese Beef Rice Bowl Recipe (2022)

About:

Gyūdon (牛丼, “beef bowl”), also known as gyūmeshi (牛飯 or 牛めし, “beef [and] rice”), is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and mirin (sweet rice wine). It may sometimes also be served with toppings such as raw or soft poached eggs, Welsh onions (negi), grated cheese or kimchi. A popular food in Japan, it is commonly eaten with beni shōga (pickled ginger), shichimi (ground chili pepper), and a side dish of miso soup.

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Ingredients

Serves 3 – 4

700g beef (thin sliced)
3 and 1/2 tbsp sake (Japanese rice wine) – https://amzn.to/3FIW4Ph
7 tbsp Mirin – https://amzn.to/3W6nxQq
3 tbsp Sugar – https://amzn.to/3Bt4iZc
7 tbsp Soy sauce – https://amzn.to/3WbxDPJ
1 and 1/2 Onion – https://amzn.to/3UPqgwD
15g Ginger (grated) – https://amzn.to/3iPRAgO
1 cup Water
2 tsp Hondashi (powdered fish broth) – https://amzn.to/3FmmsNl

For garnish

Beni Shoga (pickled ginger)(optional) – https://amzn.to/3VQlOie

Steps

Add Soy Sauce, Mirin, Sake, Sugar, Water, Hondashi, and grated ginger in the pot
Bring it to a boil for 2 minutes
Add half of the onion and cook for 2 minutes
Add the beef and cook for 4 minutes (flip half way to cook both sides)
Add the remaining onion and continue to simmer
Once the liquid evaporates to half, turn off the heat
Prepare warmed rice and place beef on top of the rice
Serve it!