Background of Oyakodon
Japanese chicken and egg rice is one of the most famous and easy-to-make Japanese food. In Japan, the dish is called Oya-Ko Don (親子丼), which means “Mother (親)and son(子)” rice. Can you guess why the Japanese called the dish like this? — Yes! You’re right! Because there are “chicken and egg” together in this dish! (It’s creepy, isn’t it? XD)
History of Oyakodon
The oya-ko don was created by a restaurant called “Tamahide” in late 1700s. It originally sold chicken hot pot (sukiyaki) as their signature dish. As some of their clients discovered that – the sukiyaki sauce and egg form a good chemistry with rice, the restaurant started to develop this oya-ko don (Note: Don is a bowl of rice covered by main dish and serve as a whole) and put into the menu.
This simple dish demonstrated how chicken can form an incredibly great flavor with egg. I’m sure you will be amused by this combination once you tasted it!
Chicken And Egg Bowl (Japanese Oyakodon 親子丼)
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- 200 g Chicken thigh
- 2 pieces Egg
- ½ piece Onion
- 1 cup Japonica rice
- 100 ml Water
- ½ tsp Fish soup stock powder
Seasonings
- 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Japanese rice wine
- 1 tbsp Mirin(みりん or味醂)
- 1 tsp Sugar
Instructions
- Prepare all the ingredients. Cook a bowl of rice beforehand.
- Dice the chicken thighs (Or breasts) into 2cm x 2cm pieces. Slice the onion and beat the eggs using chopsticks.
- Heat a pan with 1 tbsp oil and fry the chicken dices until their colour turns into golden brown for 2 mins.
- Add the onion slices to stir fry for a minute.
- Add all the seasonings and water into the pot and cook until all ingredients are cooked thoroughly.
- Add the beaten eggs into the pot and boil until half cooked (Or fully cooked depends on personal preference).
- Then you can lay the dishes on a bowl of rice. Da-dan! The don is now done!
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