My favourite in any Japanese restaurant is always Oyako-don (followed closely by salmon sushi with lots of wasabi, yum). I’ve been searching for a simple Oyako-don recipe for some time, and I think I finally found one here. For some reason, I love dishes combining egg and meat…

Shopping list (for 2):

• 1 cup dry (3 cups cooked) rice
• 150g or so chicken thigh meat
• 1 brown onion
• 3 eggs
• 2 and 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
• 2 and 1/2 tablespoons mirin (sweet sake)
• 1 sachet dashi (soup broth) mixed in 2/3 cup boiling water
• 1 teaspoon sugar

Cooking:

• Slice chicken and onion into small pieces.
• Put rice on to boil. My Singaporean friends taught me to put the rice in the saucepan; flatten it; then fill with water from the tip of your index finger touching the rice to your first finger joint.
• At the same time, boil the chicken and onion in the soy sauce, mirin, dashi, water and sugar.
• Once the chicken is cooked, swirl in the eggs without scrambling them too much. Cook eggs, but once they start bubbling strongly, put on the lid and steam them about 5 minutes or until cooked.
• Serve rice and place chicken/egg mixture on top without breaking it up too much. Miso soup and a fresh green salad to complete the meal.

Actually, I was rather impressed. Tasted pretty authentic to me, although I’m not Japanese. ;D Enjoy!