Gyudon (Beef Bowl) -牛丼-
Servings Prep Time
4people 25minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Servings Prep Time
4people 25minutes
Cook Time
15minutes
Ingredients
  • 1 1/3cup dashi320ml
  • 7oz onion200g
  • 3tbsp sake
  • 3tbsp sugar
  • 4tbsp soy sauce
  • 110z thinly sliced beef310g. See “Recipe notes” below
  • 1tbsp grated ginger
  • kimcheeoptional
  • sauerkrautoptional
Instructions
  1. Cut the onion into slices, about 5 mm thinkness (1/4 inch). Cut thinly sliced beef into bite size pieces.
  2. Put dashi and sliced onion in a medium size pot, and cook until tender.
  3. Add sake, sugar, salt and soy sauce and beef. Cook in medium heat for about 10 minutes with a lid on.
  4. Add grated ginger and stir. Cook 1 more minute. Taste it and if you like it sweeter, add sugar. If you like it saltier add salt.
  5. Serve the meat and a bit of soup(liquid) over steamed rice. Some people like a lot of liquid, and others don’t like liquid with it. It’s up to you. If you like, serve it with kimchee, sauerkraut or red ginger. In this picture, I served it with kimchee and sauerkraut because I am a huge believer of fermented food πŸ™‚
Recipe Notes

Thinly sliced beef can be difficult to find at your local store. Thin sliced meat seems to be popular in Asian countries. I usually go to a Japanese speciality store and get “Komagire cut(γ“γΎγŽγ‚ŒοΌ‰” or “for Sukiyaki(すき焼き用）”. In case you can’t find any thin sliced meat, just try to julienne good quality steak meat.

Try to make your own dashi. It’s so different from instant powder dashi. Homemade dashi is easy to make and also very healthy. Instant dashi usually contains MSG.