Recipe: Gyu Don

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Gyu Don, also known as Beef Bowl, is one of the most popular donburi dishes. Gyu Don, a delicious dish of thinly sliced beef and onions, gently cooked in a heartwarming broth seasoned with soy sauce and mirin. It's a quick and easy meal that is perfect for any day of the week.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup cooked Japanese rice
• 200g thinly sliced beef
• ½ onion, sliced into half rings
• 120ml Dashi stock
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 tablespoons Mirin
• Pepper and salt

Optional for serving:

• Spring onion
• Pickled ginger

[Steps] Cook 1 cup of Japanese rice. Check out here our guide to choose the best type of rice for your dish and here the guide to cook rice.

|Slice the onion into thin strips.

|Slice the spring onion diagonally into thin strips and set aside.

|Remove the beef slices from the packaging. Prefer fresh beef from the butcher? Ask for ribeye or beef neck. It helps to freeze the ribeye and slice it into thin slices while semi-frozen.

|Place the pan on the stove, but do not turn on the heat. Then add the sake, mirin, soy sauce, and dashi. Mix well and then add the onions.

|Bring it to a boil with the lid on the pan.

|Remove any foam and fat and let it cook for 3-4 minutes.

|Divide the cooked rice into 2 large bowls. Then drizzle some of the sauce over the rice.

|Place the meat on top of the rice. Add extra sauce to taste and garnish the Gyudon with pickled red ginger.