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Gyu-don

Gyu-don

Sources:  Japanese Beef Product Guide Book by MAFF

Introduction

Gyu-don (beef bowl) is a very popular dish that also appears on the menu at fast food restaurants in Japan. The fat in Wagyu is very tender and its exquisite juicy flavor permeates into the rice.

Ingredients

300g beef sirloin in slices
1 onion
2 poached eggs
2 stems of kinome (young leaf bud of Japanese pepper tree)
400g cooked rice
140cc dashi (Japanese soup stock)
100cc mirin
60cc ordinary soy sauce


Instructions

Step 1   Cut beef into 2 in. (5cm) wide strips

Step 2   Cut onions in half lengthwise and slice it finely

Step 3   Add dashi, mirin, soy sauce and onion into a pan and place on heat

Step 4   Cook the onion until tender, reduce heat and add the beef slice by slice

Step 5   When the beef is well separated, increase the heat and cook until the beef changes color. Be careful not to overcook

Step 6   Fill the bowl with cooked rice and cover it with (5) above. Add the cooked sauce in accordance with your taste. Place the poached egg and kinome on top before serving

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