Hen-and-Egg Rice

This is Japanese comfort food, easily prepared at home but most often eaten for lunch in small neighborhood restaurants. Donburi are one-dish meals in which a topping of well-flavored meat, eggs, tofu, or a combination is served over rice. (The name donburi comes from the large bowl of the same name that the dish is served in.)

Kyoto is known for its oyako don, or “parent and child donburi” (because both chicken and egg are used in the savory topping). Th