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Yakiniku Don (Japanese BBQ Style Beef Bowl)

5 from 2 votes
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Tender pieces of frying steak pan fried in a quick and easy Japanese-style BBQ "yakiniku" style sauce served over fluffy white rice. This yakiniku beef bowl is packed with flavor and only takes 10 minutes!

Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Total Time10 minutes

Course Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 2 portions
Calories 896
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 5 minutes
Total Time: 10 minutes

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
Servings: 2 portions
Calories: 896

Ingredients 
 

Sauce

  • 2 tbsp soy sauce
  • ½ tbsp mirin
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1 tsp garlic paste or 1 crushed clove
  • 1 tsp ginger paste or grated fresh ginger
  • ½ tbsp sesame oil
  • ½ tbsp white sesame seeds
  • 1 tsp chili powder
  • ½ tsp ground black pepper

Yakiniku Don

Instructions 

  • Measure out all of the sauce ingredients (2 tbsp soy sauce, ½ tbsp mirin, 1 tsp sugar, 1 tsp honey, 1 tsp garlic paste, 1 tsp ginger paste, ½ tbsp sesame oil, ½ tbsp white sesame seeds, 1 tsp chili powder, ½ tsp ground black pepper into a small bowl and mix thoroughly.
    Mixing yakiniku sauce in a bowl
  • Heat a frying pan on a medium. Once hot, add a small drizzle of oil and 300 g thinly sliced beef. Sear on both sides (don't cook all the way through).
    thin slices of yakiniku meat frying in a frying pan
  • Once seared, add the sauce and stir fry the meat for 1 minute 30 seconds. (Increase the heat to high if you want to thicken the sauce.)
    Yakiniku beef coated in sauce
  • Remove the pan from the heat and prepare 2 portions cooked Japanese short-grain rice. Arrange the meat on top of the rice and drizzle the sauce in the pan over the top.
    Yakiniku meat stacked on rice
  • Top with chopped spring onion and a boiled egg (optional).
    Yakiniku don topped with spring onion and soft boiled egg
  • Enjoy!
    Yakiniku style beef bowl (Yakiniku donburi) topped with spring onion and an egg yolk

Notes

If you want to add vegetables to this dish, fry them before adding the beef. (You can use the same pan.)

Nutrition

Serving: 342.2g | Calories: 896kcal | Carbohydrates: 66.7g | Protein: 25g | Fat: 63.5g | Saturated Fat: 19.92g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.22g | Cholesterol: 119mg | Sodium: 1166mg | Fiber: 2.7g