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Yoshinoya Gyudon Beef Bowl
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
15 mins
Total Time
20 mins
 

You only got 20 minutes? No problem! This easy, hearty beef bowl will not let you down. The best part of the dish is the rice that soaked up all the flavors from the beef. 

Course: GF-option, Main Course, Rice
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 2 servings
Author: hungryris
Ingredients
  • 3/4 lbs thinly sliced beef see notes below
  • 1 onion, thinly sliced
  • 1 cup dashi broth see notes below
  • 3 tbsp soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • 1'1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tbsp graded ginger
For Serving
  • 3/4 cups cooked rice
  • white sesame
  • 2 onsen tamago (porched eggs)
Instructions

  1. In a medium pan, pour dashi broth and add sliced onion. Cook the onion over medium heat until slightly softened. About 5 minutes.

  2. Add sake, sugar, soy sauce, salt, and beef and stir. Place a lid and cook over low-medium heat for 10 minutes.

  3. Add graded ginger and cook for another 2 minutes.

  4. Serve the beef over a bed of steamed rice. Enjoy! 

Recipe Notes
  • The paper-thin sliced beef is hallmark of gyudon and many other Japanese dishes. You can find it at Japanese, Korean or Chinese grocery stores. Or you can slice rib-eye or chuck (beef that is not too lean) across the grain, using a sharp knife. It makes it easier if you freeze the beef for 1-2 hours before slicing.
  • <<GF alert!>> To make this dish gluten free, you can use gluten-free soy sauce. 
  • What is dashi? Dashi is Japanese sea-based broth. You could make dashi at home, but the dashi powder like this one from Amazon makes it super easy. All you need to do is dissolve the powder in water in accordance with an instruction on package. To learn more about dashi, check out my 10 pantry essential page.