Recipe: Appetizing Japanese Oyako Don (Chicken & Egg on Rice)

Japanese Oyako Don (Chicken & Egg on Rice). Oyakodon is cooked in one pan where onions, chicken, and egg are simmered in an umami-rich dashi-based sauce. It is then poured over a bowl of fluffy steamed rice. Chef Dai demonstrates how to make "Oyakodon" - a simple yet delicious Japanese rice bowl recipe with tender, juicy nuggets of chicken and fluffy, creamy egg.

Perfect for the working mum with young growing kids. The word 'oyako' (親子) means parent and child in Japanese. The main ingredients of this dish are chicken and egg so you go and figure out where the name came from. • Oyakodon is chicken and egg in seasoned broth over rice in a bowl. You can have Japanese Oyako Don (Chicken & Egg on Rice) using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Japanese Oyako Don (Chicken & Egg on Rice)

1. Prepare 2 bowls of Cooked Rice.
2. You need 100 grams of Chicken Breast or Thigh.
3. It's 1/4 pieces of Onion.
4. You need 2 pieces of Eggs.
5. It's As needed of Spring Onion.
6. Prepare of <Soup>.
7. It's 150 ml of Water.
8. It's 1 tsp of Japanese Soup Stock.
9. You need 1 tbsp of Mirin.
10. You need 1 tbsp of Soy sauce.

Oyako means parents and children, like chicken and egg, and don (donburi) Add onion and cook for a minute at medium heat. Add chicken pieces to the pan and cook until the meat is cooked through. Beat egg in a small bowl. Oyako literally means parents and children in Japanese and is a reference to two of the dish's main ingredients: chicken and egg.

Japanese Oyako Don (Chicken & Egg on Rice) instructions

1. Cut the chicken into small bite size. Slice the onion in 1-2mm thick..
2. Heat the frying pan and stir fry the chicken and the onion about 1 minute. (Quickly cook the chicken on both side).
3. Put in Soup ingredients in the frying pan and heat to boil. Let it boil for 4-5 minutes with a lid..
4. Stir in the beaten egg. Cover immediately with the lid and turn the heat to low. Steam for 30 seconds and the turn off the heat..
5. Dish onto the rice and sprinkle little pieces of spring onion on top..

Oyako is a donburi, also called a don, which means rice bowl. The chicken and eggs are simmered in a flavorful broth and then the mixture is spooned over bowls of. Oyako-don literally means "parent and child" as it is made with chicken and eggs. Making oyakodon, dashi plays a very important part! With dashi in it, you can cook proper Japanese Oyakodon!