Oyakodon (親子丼)

Oyakodon is Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, yellow onion, and other ingredients are all simmered together in a sauce and then served on top of a large bowl of rice.

Needed Ingredients:

• 1 cup of rice (I used brown rice)
• 2 cups of water
• 1/4 pound of chicken thighs (can be substituted with chicken breast)
• 1/2 teaspoon of shirodasji shoyu (no colored soy sauce)
• 1 teaspoon of soy sauce
• 1 jumbo egg or 2 smaller eggs
• 3 stems of mitsuba (can be substituted with or in addition to other ingredients, such yellow onion)
• 1/6 teaspoon of salt

Serving Size: 1

18 Minutes (4 Minutes Prep)

Directions:

1. Prepare 1 cups of rice in the rice cooker / pot (wash and provide adequate water – 1 2/3 cup suggested) and leave it to cook
2. Slice the chicken into small pieces and season it with a 1/6 teaspoon of salt



3. Slice the mitsuba so that they are about an inch long
4. Beat one jumbo egg or two smaller eggs
5. Prepare Sauce:
   – Pour 1/3 cup of water into a bowl
   – Add 1/2 teaspoon of shirodashi shoyu to the bowl
   – Add a 1 teaspoon of soy sauce and stir
6. When rice is done, place rice in an oversized bowl and begin cooking the chicken by pour the sauce on a pan with moderate heat
7. Add the sliced chicken to the pan and let it simmer until chicken is cooked



8. Then add the sliced mitsuba and beaten eggs evenly over the pan



9. Let it sit til the egg is almost cooked
10. Then slide it over the rice in the oversized bowl

There you have a delicious bowl of Oyakodon for one. Enjoy!