Gyudon or Japanese beef bowl is a sweet and savory Japanese beef dish that's also synonymous with comfort. This beef rice bowl is super easy and quick to make. You can have dinner or lunch ready in 10 minutes! Perfect for any weekday meal.
2cupscooked white ricehot (more or less to your preference)
2largeegg yolkor onsen eggs (optional)
Pickled red gingerbeni shoga or kizami shoga (optional)
Green onionthinly sliced (optional)
Instructions
In a saucepan or any pan with tall sides, add all the ingredients for the sauce (water, mirin, soy sauce, sugar, and hondashi powder). Give everything a stir and add the sliced yellow onions.
Cover the pan and bring everything to a simmer over medium heat.
Once the sauce is simmering, add the thinly sliced beef on top of the onions. Spread the beef as evenly as possible.
Let the beef cook until no longer pink and if you prefer, skim off the scum. Remove from heat.
Portion the beef and onion amongst two bowls of rice and pour your desired amount of the sauce over everything.
Serve the gyudon with a raw egg yolk or an onsen tamago (Japanese hot spring egg) and garnish with some pickled red ginger and sliced green onions. Enjoy!
Notes
Please refer to the post above for step by step photo references, tips, and FAQs!
Eggs - It is not recommended to serve raw or undercooked eggs to young children, the elderlies, or those that are immune compromised.So feel free to omit the egg if necessary.