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Soboro Donburi Three-Colour Rice Bowl

Name: Soboro Donburi Three-Colour Rice Bowl
Total time: 1 h 33 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 550 g Japanese short-grain rice (gives about 1.2 kg cooked); 660 ml water; 225 g minced chicken; 3 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 1 tsp fresh ginger juice, squeezed from grated ginger; 225 g small shrimp, fresh or frozen, peeled and finely chopped; 2 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp mirin; ¼ tsp salt; 4 eggs; ¼ tsp salt; 1 tbsp sake; 1 tbsp light (usukuchi) soy sauce; 1 tbsp sugar; 240 ml dashi (or chicken stock); 4 tbsp dark (koikuchi) soy sauce; ½ tbsp sugar; kinome sprigs or sliced red pickled ginger (beni-shoga)

Rice moistened with a sweet soy dressing and covered in three bands of finely crumbled topping: gingery minced chicken, sake-cooked shrimp and dry-scrambled egg. Good hot or packed cold for lunch.

YieldServes 4
Hands-on40 min
Total1 h 33 min
Difficulty

Ingredients

rice

550 gJapanese short-grain rice (gives about 1.2 kg cooked)
660 mlwater

chicken

225 gminced chicken
3 tbspsake
1 tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce
1 tbspsugar
1 tspfresh ginger juice, squeezed from grated ginger

shrimp

225 gsmall shrimp, fresh or frozen, peeled and finely chopped
2 tbspsake
1 tbspmirin
¼ tspsalt

eggs

4eggs
¼ tspsalt
1 tbspsake
1 tbsplight (usukuchi) soy sauce
1 tbspsugar

sauce for the rice

240 mldashi (or chicken stock)
4 tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce
½ tbspsugar

garnish

to tastekinome sprigs or sliced red pickled ginger (beni-shoga)

Contains

Gluten
Egg
Soy
Fish
Crustacean shellfish
Sulfites
Birds' eggs (any)
Bonito
Shrimp
Legumes (any)
Wheat
Rice
Ginger
Perilla (shiso)
Sichuan pepper
Mushrooms (any)
Shiitake
Yeast
Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
Seaweed (any)
Kombu
Poultry and birds (any)
Chicken
Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
Alcohol

Taste

Sweet
Salty
Umami / savory
Richness / fat
Herbal / fresh
Aromatic spice

Equipment

Stovetop

Season

Any season

Occasion

Weeknight
Meal prep

Effort

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

Nutrition

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

Budget

Budget: moderate

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