Wednesday, March 7, 2012

親子丼 Oyako-don in just less than 15minutes!

Requests came in again for recipes, so here it is after such a long time....

my rendition of 親子丼 in a plate
Ingredients:

1 X chicken fillet cut into mouth-bite sizes (w/ or w/o skin, breast or thigh), premarinated with 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce
2 X eggs (lightly beaten, to produce difference between the whites and yellow)
1 X bowl of cooked rice
1/2 X onion (thinly sliced)
(Optional) Sliced mushrooms

For the gravy:
2 tablespoons X light soy sauce
2 tablespoons X mirin (みりん, should be able to get from supermarkets)
1 tablespoon X sugar
2 tablespoons X water (or dashi water, if you have)

Method:
1. Mix all ingredients for gravy together.
2. In a small frying pan (preferably about the size of your plate or bowl), pan-fry the marinated chicken till brown and cooked.
3. Add the gravy and bring to a boil.
4. Add sliced onion, followed by mushrooms (optional). Let mixture simmer about a minute.
5. Pour eggs into pan. You will see that the eggs on the sides cook very fast, but do not worry. When you observe that the eggs in the middle are slightly cooked (but not full-cooked), remove from heat and serve over hot rice.
6. Garnish with greens. (Optional)

Hope this simple recipe works well for all. Enjoy cooking!!