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    Chicken "Sanshoku Soboro Don" Rice Bowl (三色そぼろ丼)

    Published: Mar 27, 2020 · Modified: Sep 24, 2021 by Yuto Omura

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    Sanshoku don is a colourful and tasty dish made with seasoned "Soboro" Chicken, scrambled egg and spinach served on top of a bowl of hot and fluffy Japanese rice. It's tasty, filling and perfect for dinner and lunchboxes!

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    Sanshoku Soboro Don

    So the name of this dish is a bit of a mouthful, but "sanshoku" (三色) simply means "three colours" and represents the 3 main ingredients to top this dish.

    1. Ground "soboro" chicken → Brown
    2. Scrambled egg → Yellow
    3. Boiled veg → Green
    Sanshoku Soboro Chicken Donburi close up

    Even though 3 colours commonly refer to these ingredients, the ingredients can vary by region and family. Some people use salmon (pink) instead of chicken, or even make it 4 colours! I added pickled ginger to give my dish an extra pop of colour and flavour, but this is optional.

    Soboro

    What is "soboro"?

    Soboro (そぼろ) is the Japanese word for ground meat or fish that has been seasoned and fried. It doesn't only have to be chicken. Soboro is most commonly served on rice.

    Soboro Seasoned Ground Chicken

    Seasoning

    Our Soboro chicken is seasoned with the following:

    • Soy sauce
    • Oyster sauce
    • Sake
    • Mirin
    • Sugar

    If you don't want to use sake, you can substitute it for dry sherry or white wine. If you can't find mirin, you can use rice wine vinegar with a bit of extra sugar (to counteract the sourness).

    Sanshoku Soboro Chicken Donburi side view

    Soboro Don for Lunch

    Because it's a colourful dish, this is also a popular option for a bento box (lunch box).

    You can sometimes find it in Japanese convenience store's bento boxes too.

    Alright, let's enjoy this tasty, filling and easy dish!

    Chicken Onigiri rice ball
    And if you like Japanese style chicken mince, try our Soboro Chicken Mince Onigiri Rice Balls for another great lunch idea!

    Watch the video! How to make Sanshoku Donburi

    OTHER DONBURI RECIPES

    If you enjoyed this recipe, check out some of my other popular rice bowl recipes!

    • Yakinikudon (Beef fried in a yakiniku BBQ style sauce and served on rice)
    • Katsudon (Crispy pork cutlet and steamed egg served on rice)
    • Butadon (Thick pieces of pork belly fried in a caramelised soy sauce served on rice)
    • Garlic Teriyaki Chicken don (Flavourful chicken thigh coated in a garlic infused teriyaki sauce and served on rice)
    • Oyakodon (Delicious pan fried chicken and steamed egg served on rice)
    Sanshoku Soboro Chicken Donburi top down view
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    Chicken Sanshoku "Soboro" Donburi (三色そぼろ丼)


    • Author: Yuto Omura
    • Total Time: 20 minutes
    • Yield: 2 Servings 1x
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    Description

    How to make vibrant Japanese Sanshoku Soboro Donburi (三色丼ぶり) with seasoned ground chicken, sweet scrambled egg and boiled spinach served on fluffy Japanese white rice.


    Ingredients

    Scale

    Main Ingredients

    • 2 bowls of Cooked Rice (approx 150g uncooked. See how to cook Japanese rice here.)
    • 150g (5oz) Ground chicken mince
    • 3 medium Eggs
    • 2 cups (60g) Spinach
    • 1 tsp Red pickled ginger (optional)

    For the Mince

    • 1 tbsp soy sauce
    • 1 tbsp oyster sauce
    • 1 tbsp sake (see note)
    • 1 tbsp mirin
    • 1 tbsp sugar

    For the Egg

    • ½ tbsp sugar
    • 1 tbsp sake
    • 1 pinch of salt

    For the Greens

    • 1 tsp soy sauce
    • 1 pinch sugar
    • 1 tsp sesame oil
    • ½ tsp white sesame seeds

    Instructions

    1. First, crack the egg into a small bowl with ½ tbsp sugar, 1 tbsp sake and a pinch of salt, then whisk.
      Sanshokudon steps: seasoning egg
    2. Take a non-stick pan and heat on medium (oil optional) and pour in the egg, fry it until half cooked.
      Sanshokudon steps: Frying egg
    3. Turn off the heat and mix it up to make it scrambled.
      Sanshokudon steps: Scrambling egg
    4. Take it out of the pan and set aside in a bowl.

      Sanshokudon steps: Setting egg aside

    5. Return the pan to the heat and add the chicken mince. (No need to clean it out, oil optional)
      Sanshokudon steps: Cooking chicken mince
    6. Add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp oyster sauce, 1 tbsp sake, 1 tbsp mirin and 1 tbsp sugar to the mince, and cook on a high heat until the liquid is completely reduced. 
      Sanshokudon steps: flavouring soboro chicken
    7. Boil the spinach separately in a small pan for approx 1 min and then strain.
      Sanshokudon steps: Boiling spinach
    8. Put the spinach in a small bowl and mix with 1 tsp soy sauce, a pinch of sugar, 1 tsp sesame oil and ½ tsp of white sesame seeds.
      Sanshokudon steps: Seasoning spinach
    9. Dish up rice into two large bowls and then arrange the egg, mince and greens on top.
      Sanshokudon steps: Assembling dish
    10. Garnish with red picked ginger (optional) and enjoy!
      Sanshokudon steps: Garnishing with red pickled ginger

    Notes

    If you can’t find sake then you can substitute with dry sherry or white wine

    The alcohol in the sake will be cooked away but if you really don’t want to use it, you can just add an equal amount of water instead.

    Using a rice cooker is the easiest way to cook rice for donburi but if you want to see our post on how to cook Japanese style rice on the stove, see here.

    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 15 minutes
    • Category: Rice
    • Method: Fry
    • Cuisine: Japanese

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