Another of my husband's favorites, this is another one that's easy to make and is awfully bad for any dieting people out there. This is a direct copy from http://japanesefood.about.com/od/beef/r/gyudon.htm
Japanese beef bowl is called gyudon. Simmered beef is served on top of steamed rice. It's one of the most popular rice bowl dishes (donburi) in Japan.
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients:
- 4 cups steamed Japanese rice
- 1 lb thinly sliced beef loin, cut into 2 inch lengths
- 1 onion, thinly sliced
- 1 1/3 cup dashi soup
- 5 Tbsp soy sauce
- 3 Tbsp mirin
- 2 Tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp sake
- *benishoga (red ginger) for topping
Preparation:
Cook Japanese rice. Put dashi, soy sauce, sugar, mirin, and sake in a large pan. Add onion slices and simmer for a few minutes until softened. Add beef in the pan and simmer for a few minutes. Serve hot steamed rice into individual deep rice bowls. Put the beef topping on top of the rice. Place some benishoga (red ginger) on the top if you would like.
