How to Make Delicious – Nutritious – Affordable Japanese Gyudon Beef Rice at Home

How to Cook Japanese Gyudon Beef Rice

• 1

  Cook the rice

  For this dish, you should choose Japanese rice if possible. Japanese rice has a distinctive aroma and stickiness that will enhance the dish’s flavor.

  
• 2

  Boil soft-boiled eggs

  The highlight of Japanese rice dishes is the soft-boiled egg. To boil a delicious soft-boiled egg, you can refer to the method below.

  Reference: How to make onsen tamago (onsen egg) with delicious, authentic Japanese flavor

  
• 3

  Make the meat stir-fry sauce

  Gradually add oyster sauce, soy sauce, monosodium glutamate, sugar, chili powder, and pepper into a bowl and stir well.

  
• 4

  Stir-fry the beef

  Finely chop the garlic and sauté it with oil to release the aroma.

  Then add the sliced onion and continue to stir-fry until the onion is cooked.

  Finally, add the thinly sliced beef and sauce to the pan, then stir well for about 1 – 2 minutes before turning off the heat.

  

  

  
• 5

  Presentation

  Place the rice in a bowl, add the stir-fried beef with onions on one half of the rice surface, and the other half with soft-boiled egg in Japanese style. Garnish with finely chopped green onions spread evenly on the surface.

  
• 6

  Enjoy

  Break the soft-boiled egg and mix it with the rice and beef so that all components blend together.

  This dish will be even better if you serve it with a bowl of nutritious miso seaweed soup.