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Oyakodon (Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl)

Chicken and onion simmered in a sweet-savory broth, finished with softly set egg over rice.

Serves 2Recipe by Mitsuhiro Eguchi
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Chicken and onion simmered in a sweet-savory broth, finished with softly set egg over rice.

Oyakodon (Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl)

From my kitchen in Japan

Oyakodon is a compact example of everyday Japanese cooking: rice, dashi, soy sauce, mirin, chicken and egg become a complete bowl without complicated technique.

Ingredients

  • Chicken thigh1 (about 200–250 g)
  • Onion1/2
  • Eggs3
  • Soy sauce2 tbsp
  • Mirin3 tbsp
  • Sugar1 tbsp
  • Hondashi1 tbsp
  • Water100 ml
  • Cooked riceFor serving

How to make it

  1. Cut the chicken and onion into easy-to-eat pieces.
  2. Cook the chicken and onion with water, Hondashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar until the onion is translucent and the chicken is cooked through.
  3. Reduce the heat, add the beaten eggs, and cook only until softly set.
  4. Slide the chicken-and-egg mixture over hot rice.

Ingredients & tools for oyakodon

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Oyakodon needs only a few Japanese pantry staples, and the traditional small oyakodon pan is useful if you make it often.

Japanese short-grain riceThe rice style normally used for donburi.Find on Amazon.com (paid link) →Japanese soy sauceProvides the savory base.Find on Amazon.com (paid link) →MirinAdds mild sweetness.Find on Amazon.com (paid link) →DashiForms the broth that cooks the chicken, onion and egg.Find on Amazon.com (paid link) →Oyakodon panA small pan designed to slide the topping onto rice.Find on Amazon.com (paid link) →

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Mitsuhiro Eguchi

A Japanese home cook sharing practical Japanese recipes, ingredient workarounds and lessons from cooking in Japan.

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