Tamago Don (玉子丼 : Egg Donburi/bowl )

A fluffy egg on top of warm rice with a dashi-based sauce. This is Tamago-don. You can make it in less than 10 minutes and it is extremely tasty!

Tamago-don is a dish that has a fluffy and soft egg on top of rice with a dashi based sauce, tsuyu. It’s perfect for when you need something fast and easy to cook. Tamago means egg and don means donburi, which is a term for Japanese rice bowl dishes. We also have Oyako-don which is made with onions, chicken, and egg. So, Tamago-don is the egg-based version of ‘Oyako’-don.

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Tamago don

Yuka

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Cook Time 10 mins

Total Time 10 mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 2 people

Ingredients

  

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Preparation

• ▢ 350 g rice   Here is how to cook rice.

Tamago don Ingredients

• ▢ 1/3 large onion It's about 75g - 85g.
• ▢ 4 large eggs
• ▢ 60 ml mentsuyu You can buy mentsuyu from HERE
• ▢ 1 tsp soy sauce
• ▢ 180 ml water
• ▢ 1 1/2 tbsp mirin
• ▢ 1/2 tsp sugar

Instructions

 

• Gather all the ingredients.
• Slice onion into 1 inch chunks.
• In a small bowl, add eggs and beat them.
• In a medium pot add mentsuyu, water, soy sauce, sugar, and mirin on medium heat. Bring to a boil.
• After boiling, add sliced onion and cook until the onion turns clear. (About 7 minutes).
• Turn the heat to high and add the beaten egg.
• Turn off the heat when the egg is about 1/2 cooked then cover with a lid for 3 minutes.
• Let's serve! In a medium bowl add rice first and pour the egg mixture on top.

Author Yuka

Keyword donburi, egg

Course Main Course

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