Recipe: Japanese beef bowl, "Gyu-don"! Try it at home yourself. Just like Yoshinoya!

Number of steps:  5 steps
Time taken: 15 - 25 minutes
Approximately 190 kcal per serving (when serving 5)

About This Dish:
Beef bowl (Gyu-don) is a very popular dish in Japan. Usually served in fast food chains such as "Yoshinoya" and "Sukiya", gyu-dons are affordable, filling and delicious. It is also a popular dish served at home. The last time I was back home in Japan, my boyfriend and I grabbed a bowl at Yoshinoya for only 260 yen (that's around $3.00). At these chains, you can pick the size of bowl, normal to extra large. You can even add toppings like egg, natto, kimchi and so on. How fun! So how about trying to make your own at home? For those of you who are unfamiliar with the dish, it's savoury but slightly sweet because of the sugar and mirin which goes into it.

This recipe is easy, quick and tastes absolutely amazing. It made me feel like I was home. Unfortunately I couldn't find thin sliced beef in my nearby Asian market, so I ended up having to use Shaws' shaved beef steak; it still worked. I highly recommend using thin sliced beef sold in your nearby Asian supermarket, if you can! 

P.S. As you can see on the photo, I added avocado as a topping and it went very well together.

What You Need:
(Makes 4-5)

• 16oz of shaved beef steak (or preferably thin sliced beef sold in Asian supermarkets)
• 1 onion
• 500ml - 550ml water (2 - 2.33 cups)
• 1 - 2 tsp Hondashi soup stock 
• 1/2 - 1 tbsp grated or chopped ginger

Sauce

•  5 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
• 2 tbsp Mirin
• 2 - 3 tbsp Japanese sake
• 2 tbsp sugar

1. Chop the onions into slices and place them in some hot water with Hondashi in a pot on MEDIUM heat. Cook until the onions soften.

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4. Place the ginger into the mix and stir further. Let the ingredients cook through a little more on LOW or MEDIUM heat.

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2. Mix the ingredients listed under "Sauce" together and pour them into the pot with the onion and water. Stir as needed.

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5. Place the beef onto a bowl of rice and enjoy! 

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3. Place the meat into the pot. Stir and place a lid on the pot. Cook for 10 minutes or so on MEDIUM heat. After cooking, remember to skim off the scum.

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