Japanese Delights 2024 

1.7 Donburi 

I shall prepare 21 delights of Japan and publish them in 7 consecutive episodes.

1.7 Donburi 

Donburi (丼, literally "bowl", also abbreviated to "-don" as a suffix, less commonly spelled "domburi") is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. Donburi meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called donburi. If one needs to distinguish, the bowl is called donburi-bachi (丼鉢) and the food is called donburi-mono (丼物).
The simmering sauce varies according to season, ingredients, region, and taste. A typical sauce might consist of dashi (stock broth) flavored with soy sauce and mirin (rice wine). Proportions vary, but there is normally three to four times as much dashi as soy sauce and mirin. 
Donburi can be made from almost any ingredients, including leftovers.

Donburi Sauce

Ingredients

. 1½ cups water
. 4 to 6 tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce), to taste
. 1 tablespoon mirin (sweet cooking sake)
. 2 - 3 tablespoons brown sugar, to taste
. 1½ tablespoons cooking sake

Instructions

1. In a small pot, add water and bring to a boil, then reduce to medium heat. Add shoyu, mirin and sake. Let simmer for 5 minutes.
2. Add brown sugar and cook until the sugar dissolves.
3. If you are not using the sauce immediately, let the sauce cool to room temperature and store in the fridge up to 5 - 7 days.

▲ 1. Sake don  鮭丼  Salmon Donburi 

Salmon is marinated in soy sauce, mirin, garlic, sugar, and ginger and then grill in a grill pan until the skin develops some candied and dark hues. The marinade is then reduced down to a rich sauce and glaze.

The garnished vegetables are blanched for 2 minutes.

Ingredients

Sushi rice,  salmon

Marinade

Japanese soy sauce, mirin, garlic, brown sugar, and ginger

Garnish

Broccoli, red cabbage, carrots

Donburi Sauce

▲ 2. Gyūdon 牛丼 Beef Don

Gyūdon (牛丼, literally 'beef bowl'), is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with dashi (fish and seaweed stock), soy sauce and mirin (sweet rice wine). It may include shirataki noodles, and is sometimes topped with a raw egg or a soft poached egg (onsen tamago).

The garnished vegetables are blanched for 2 minutes.

Ingredients

Sushi rice,  beef thinly sliced, onion

Sweet sauce

Japanese soy sauce, mirin,  dashi, brown sugar 

Garnish

Broccoli, red cabbage, carrots, red onion

Donburi Sauce

▲ 3. Yakitori don 焼き鳥丼 Roasted Chicken Donburi 

Chicken is marinated in soy sauce, mirin, garlic, sugar, and ginger and then roasted in an oven at 350F until the skin develops a candied, crackled, dark hue. The marinade is then reduced down to a rich sauce and glaze. 

The garnished vegetables are blanched for 2 minutes.

Ingredients

Sushi rice,  chicken thighs with skin

Marinade

Japanese soy sauce, mirin,  onion, garlic, brown sugar, ginger 

Garnish

Broccoli, red cabbage, carrots

Donburi sauce + Baked marinade 

《Ingredients & Condiments》

    

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Publisher： Chef Kar Delight