Gyudon – Japanese Beef Bowl

Ingredients:

• 400 gram beef chuck (or any tender cuts, like sirloin or tenderloin, if you are feeling fancy)
• 1 onion

Sauce

• 1 cup dashi stock (homemade, or 1 cup water + 1 teaspoon bonito flavored dashi seasoning)
• 6 tablespoon sake
• 4 tablespoon soy sauce
• 2 tablespoon mirin
• 3 tablespoon sugar

Must have

• 4 bowls of steamed white rice
• Good to have
• 4 bowls of tofu and wakame miso soup
• 4 raw eggs, or soft poached eggs (onsen tamago)
• beni shoga (pickled ginger)
• nanami togarashi (ground chili pepper)

Instructions:

1. Thinly slice the beef. It is much easier if you freeze the beef first before slicing.
2. Half the onion and slice thinly.
3. Place all sauce ingredients in a pan and bring to a rolling boil. Add beef and onion, cook until the sauce boils again (around 3 to 5 minutes). Then quickly turn off the heat.
4. Divide the beef, onion, and sauce over 4 bowls of steamed white rice. Serve immediately.