Beef Don

Name: Beef Don
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Yellow onion 1, peeled and both ends trimmed; Japanese stock (dashi) 130 ml (4⅖ fl oz); Red pickled ginger (beni shoga) for garnishing; Johakuto sugar (optional) 1 Tbsp; Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz); Koikuchi soy sauce 45 ml (1½ fl oz); Beef 180 g (6⅓ oz), thinly sliced; Mirin 75 ml (2⅓ fl oz); Fresh eggs for raw consumption (optional) 2

Gyu Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

Popularly known as “beef bowl” outside Japan, the key to this great-tasting meal is to use very thinly sliced beef with some fat. Serve with fresh raw eggs for a richer taste.

Ingredients

Yellow onion 1, peeled and both ends trimmed
Japanese stock (dashi) 130 ml (

Asia
Japan
Main course
Lunch

Method

Halve onion along it’s lines. Place both halves with cut side facing down. Slice each half into 0.5-cm (¼-in) strips, perpendicular to the onion grains.
In a pot, bring stock, koikuchi soy sauce and mirin to a boi