Gyudon (beef bowl)

A beef bowl is called “gyudon” in Japanese. “Gyu” means beef and don is short for “donburi” which is food served on top of rice in a bowl. Many gyudon recipes are using hon-dash powder for the dash soup stock. But the Hon-Dash powder contains MSG. My recipe is much healthier.

Yield: 4 servings Time: 20 minutes
Ingredients
1lb of thin sliced beef
1 medium onion (sliced)
4 bowls of steamed rice
Spices
1 cup dashi soup stock* (Check Kake udon recipe for soup stock)
4 Tbsp soy sauce
2 Tbsp Mirin
2 Tbsp sugar
2 Tbsp sake

Preparation
1.Add dashi stock and sliced onion in the saucepan, cook for 6 minutes on medium heat
2.Add mixed spices (soy sauce, sake, sugar) and beef in the saucepan and cook on high heat.
4.Reduce heat to medium and after it boils cover and simmer for 10 minutes
5.Serve it a bowl of steamed rice with soup in the saucepan