Gyudon (Japanese-Style Beef and Onion Rice Bowl)

Thinly sliced beef and onion simmered in a soy-mirin sauce and served over rice with scallion and toasted sesame.

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Method

8 clear steps

1
Cut the onion into wedges and the scallion into 0.5 cm pieces. Toast the 5 g sesame seeds in a dry pan, shaking it, until lightly golden.
2
Blanch the beef in boiling water for 1 minute and lift it out.
3
Mix 40 g mirin (or 30 g cooking wine), 30 g soy sauce, 20 g oyster sauce, 5 g sugar and, if you like, 5 g dark soy sauce in a bowl for the seasoning.
4
Heat a little oil in a pan and stir-fry the onion quickly until translucent.
5
Turn to low heat, add 250 g water (or dashi), turn back to high heat and wait 3 minutes.
6
Add the beef and the seasoning and stir constantly for 10 minutes so nothing sticks. Check that the beef is cooked through (63°C), then turn off the heat.
7
Put the beef and onion over the rice, spooning some of the juices over the rice, and sprinkle with scallion and sesame.
8
Refrigerate leftovers promptly. To reheat a portion, microwave on high 2–3 minutes, or warm it in a pan with an extra 50 ml water, stirring constantly.

General

Thinly sliced beef and onion simmered in a soy-mirin sauce and served over rice with scallion and toasted sesame.

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8 clear steps

1
Cut the onion into wedges and the scallion into 0.5 cm pieces. Toast the 5 g sesame seeds in a dry pan, shaking it, until lightly golden.
2
Blanch the beef in boiling water for 1 minute and lift it out.
3
Mix 40 g mirin (or 30 g cooking wine), 30 g soy sauce, 20 g oyster sauce, 5 g sugar and, if you like, 5 g dark soy sauce in a bowl for the seasoning.
4
Heat a little oil in a pan and stir-fry the onion quickly until translucent.
5
Turn to low heat, add 250 g water (or dashi), turn back to high heat and wait 3 minutes.
6
Add the beef and the seasoning and stir constantly for 10 minutes so nothing sticks. Check that the beef is cooked through (63°C), then turn off the heat.
7
Put the beef and onion over the rice, spooning some of the juices over the rice, and sprinkle with scallion and sesame.
8
Refrigerate leftovers promptly. To reheat a portion, microwave on high 2–3 minutes, or warm it in a pan with an extra 50 ml water, stirring constantly.