Pictorial: Gyudon!

"A Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with beef and onion simmered in a mildly sweet sauce flavored with soy sauce and mirin." (1)

ingredients

200-300 G beef (7-10 oz, thinly sliced)
300-500 ML dashi (1.3 CUP, water + 1 TSP instant dashi powder)
50 ML soy sauce (1/5 CUP)
50 ML mirin (1/5 CUP, sweet cooking rice wine)
50 ML sake (1/5 CUP, rice wine)
2 X ginger (thumbsized, grated)
4 X garlic clove (slices)
3 X onion (sliced)
2-3 TBSP beni shoga (pickled ginger)



prep the onions, ginger, garlic, beef and beni shoga



place the onion slices into a dry pan and crank up the heat



add mirin when the onions are getting fragrant, don't burn them



add soy sauce after a few minutes, simmer, then add sake



grate ginger into the pan while the sauce is simmering on medium heat



slice the garlic into the sauce, as thinly as possible



add the sliced beef and steam it a moment on top of the sauce
(not much stirring involed with this dish, but separating the beef slices is a good idea)



add the dashi and bring to a boil, then lower the heat to a simmer



serve on rice when the sauce reduced, top with beni shoga





itadakimasu

Credits for the recipe are due to Hiroyuki from eG Forums!