Gyudon, a beef bowl for breakfast
A Japanese breakfast of gyudon, the beef and onion rice bowl, with salad, blistered shishito peppers, wakame soup, and yogurt.
On the tray
Gyudon for breakfast, with a salad, shishito peppers, and a bowl of soup.
Gyudon means beef bowl. Thin slices of beef and onion are simmered in a sweet soy sauce broth and spooned over rice. In Japan it is best known as fast food, sold at counter shops that open early and close late. At home it is a quick dish, because the beef is sliced so thin that it cooks in minutes.
The red strands on top are beni shoga, ginger pickled in plum vinegar. It is the usual partner for gyudon.
