Chicken & Egg Rice Bowl

Oyako Donburi

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    2

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Let's Cook Japanese Food!: Everyday Recipes for Authentic Dishes

By Amy Kaneko

Published 2017

  • About

Oyako literally means “parent and child”—the chicken and the egg—and this homey dish is a key recipe in every housewife’s repertoire. Popular variations include substituting deep-fried chicken or pork cutlet (see Katsudon) or thinly sliced beef for the chicken.

Ingredients

For the Sauce

  • 1 tablespoon sake
  • 3 tablespoons soy sauce
  • 2

Method

  1. To make the sauce, in a small frying pan over medium-high heat, combine the sake, soy sauce, mirin, sugar, and broth and bring to a simmer.
  2. Add the chicken to the pan and simmer until the chicken is half cooked, about 5 minutes. Add the onion and cook until the chicken is cooked through and the onion is soft, about 5 minutes longer.
  3. Meanwhile, break t