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Oyakodon Recipe

By Setsuko Yoshizuka, About.com

Oyakodon

Oyakodon - Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl

Photo (c) Setsuko Yoshizuka
Oyakodon is Japanese chicken and egg rice bowl.
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Ingredients:

  • 4 cup steamed rice
  • 3/4 lb chicken thighs or chicken breasts
  • 1 onion
  • 1 2/3 cups soup stock (dashi)
  • 7 tbsp soy sauce
  • 4 tbsp mirin
  • 3 tbsp sugar
  • 4 eggs

Preparation:

Cook steamed rice. Cut chicken into bite-size pieces and thinly slice onion. Put dashi soup stock in a pan and heat. Add soy sauce, mirin, and sugar in the soup. Put chicken in the pan and simmer on low heat for a few minutes. Add onion slices to the pan and simmer for a few more minutes. Beat eggs in a bowl. Bring the soup to a boil, then pour the eggs over chicken and onion. Turn the heat down to low and put on a lid. After one minute, turn off the heat. To serve, first put steamed rice in a deep bowl, then place the chicken and egg on top of the rice.

*Makes 4 servings

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