Chicken Oyakadon

There’s an almost poetic logic to this recipe that is so much a part of Japanese cuisine. Literally translated as “parent and child”, it comprises chicken and eggs in a perfectly balanced meal. I reserve additional raw egg yolks to add right at the end which give this dish a rich, silky feel, but if the idea of raw egg yolks in a finished dish freaks you out, leave out this step – it’ll still be delicious. If you want to ramp up the flavour, a quick batch of homemade dashi (Japanese stock,