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Gyudon Beef and Onion Rice Bowl

Name: Gyudon Beef and Onion Rice Bowl
Total time: 1 h 28 min
Yield: Serves 4 as a one-bowl meal
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 480 g Japanese short-grain rice (gives 6 to 8 cups cooked); 580 ml water; 225 g beef, sliced paper-thin (sukiyaki cut); 2 Japanese long onions (naganegi), or 1 medium onion; 3 tbsp vegetable oil; 240 ml water; 80 ml dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 80 ml mirin; 2 tbsp fresh ginger juice (from about 60 g ginger)

Paper-thin beef and long onion stir-fried and finished in a light soy-mirin broth sharpened with fresh ginger juice, spooned over deep bowls of hot rice so the sauce seeps down without making it soupy; Japan's fast-food classic.

YieldServes 4 as a one-bowl meal
Hands-on30 min
Total1 h 28 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

rice

480 gJapanese short-grain rice (gives 6 to 8 cups cooked)
580 mlwater

topping

225 gbeef, sliced paper-thin (sukiyaki cut)
2Japanese long onions (naganegi), or 1 medium onion
3 tbspvegetable oil

sauce

240 mlwater
80 mldark (koikuchi) soy sauce
80 mlmirin
2 tbspfresh ginger juice (from about 60 g ginger)

Contains

Gluten
Soy
Sulfites
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Onion family (any)
Onion
Cabbage family (any)
Ginger
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
Beef and veal
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Heat
Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Stovetop
Wok

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight

Effort

20–45 min active
1–3 hours total
Difficulty 2
Kid-friendly

Nutrition

Calories: high
Protein: moderate
Carbs: high
Fat: moderate
Fiber: low
Sodium: high

Budget

Budget: low

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