Gyudon (Japanese Beef Rice Bowl)

• porciones: 2 servings
• tiempo activo: 5 minutes
• tiempo total: 20 minutes

Ingredientes

½ onion (4 oz, 113 g) 4 113

1 green onion/scallion

½ lb thinly sliced beef (chuck or ribeye) (you can also slice your own meat)

½ cup dashi (Japanese soup stock) (use standard Awase Dashi, dashi packet or powder, or Vegan Dashi)

2 Tbsp sake (substitute with dry sherry or Chinese rice wine, or use water for a non-alcohol version)

2 Tbsp mirin (or use 2 Tbsp sake/water + 2 tsp sugar) 2 2

3 Tbsp soy sauce

1 Tbsp sugar (to taste)

2 servings cooked Japanese short-grain rice (typically 1⅔ cups, 250 g per donburi serving)

pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga) (to garnish)

Instrucciones

Before You Start...

For the steamed rice, please note that 1½ cups (2 rice cooker cups, 300 g) of uncooked Japanese short-grain rice yield 4⅓ cups (660 g) of cooked rice, enough for 2 donburi servings (3⅓ cups, 500 g). See how to cook short-grain rice with a rice cooker, pot over the stove, Instant Pot, or donabe.

Gather all the ingredients. I usually put the thinly sliced beef in the freezer for 10 minutes because it‘s a lot easier to cut semi-frozen meat.

To Prepare the Ingredients

First, thinly slice ½ onion.

Next, cut 1 green onion/scallion diagonally into thin slices. Set aside.

Then, remove ½ lb thinly sliced beef (chuck or ribeye) from the freezer. Cut the semi-frozen meat into pieces 3 inches (7.6 cm) wide.

In a large frying pan (do not turn on the heat yet), add ½ cup dashi (Japanese soup stock), 2 Tbsp sake, 2 Tbsp mirin, 3 Tbsp soy sauce, and 1 Tbsp sugar. Stir to combine and dissolve the sugar.

Next, add the onion slices and spread them in the broth throughout the pan, separating the onion layers.

Then, distribute the meat on top of the onions. Separate the thin slices of beef so the meat covers the onions.

To Cook

Cover the pan with a lid. Now, turn on the heat to medium and start cooking. Once simmering, turn down the heat to simmer and cook, covered, for 3–4 minutes.

While simmering, open the lid and skim off the scum and fat from the broth with a fine-mesh skimmer one to two times.

Sprinkle the green onions on top and cook covered for another minute. Optional: If you would like to add beaten eggs, you can do it now (refer to my Tanindon recipe for detailed instructions).

To Serve

Divide 2 servings cooked Japanese short-grain rice into large donburi bowls. Then, drizzle some of the pan sauce on top of the rice.

Put the beef and onion mixture on top of the rice. If you’d like, drizzle additional remaining sauce on top. Top the gyudon with pickled red ginger (beni shoga or kizami beni shoga). Enjoy!

To Store

You can keep any leftover beef and egg mixture in an airtight container and store in the refrigerator for up to 2–3 days and in the freezer for up to 3–4 weeks.

Nutrición

• Calorías: 657 kcal
• Grasa Total: 17 g
• Grasa Saturada: 7 g
• Grasa No Saturada: 9 g
• Colesterol: 69 mg
• Sodio: 65 mg
• Carbohidratos Totales: 85 g
• Fibra Dietética: 1 g
• Azúcares Totales: 10 g
• Proteína: 31 g