Oyakodon Recipe
Creating Oyakodon is a breeze with basic ingredients like chicken, eggs, and rice – a simple yet delicious Japanese comfort dish that anyone can make!
Ingredients
- Rice 2 servings
- 4 Eggs
- 4 Chicken thighs Skinless and boneless
- 2 Scallions white and greens separated
- 1 Onion diced
- 3 cloves Garlic minced
- 3 tbsp Mirin
- 4 tbsp Light Soy sauce
- 2 gr Dashi Powder (Japanese stock powder)
- 2 tbsp Brown Sugar
Instructions
- Boil water and cook rice as per the instructions on the packaging. Set aside.
- Debone and remove the skin from the chicken thighs. Cut the meat into small cubes.
- Dice the onions into chunks and finely chop the scallions and garlic. Separate the white parts from the green parts of your scallions.
- In a bowl, mix together the chicken cubes, dashi powder, soy sauce, 1 cup of water, mirin, and brown sugar.
- In a pan, cook scallions whites, garlic, onions on medium heat with vegetable oil until soft.
- Once the onions have softened, add the chicken mixture from the bowl to the pan. Let it cook on medium heat for 8-9 minutes.
- In the meantime, whisk in a bowl 4 eggs until they reach 85% consistency.
- Gently pour the beaten eggs all over the chicken and sauce mixture. Cook for another 4 minutes, allow the eggs to set but remain slightly runny.
- Sprinkle chopped scallions greens over the dish.
- Serve the Oyakodon over a bowl of steamed rice.Enjoy!