Japanese Oyakodon Recipe: A Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl

Name: Oyakodon: Chicken and Egg Rice Bowl
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 2/3 cups dashi soup stock; 7 tablespoons soy sauce; 1/4 cup mirin; 3 tablespoons sugar; 3/4 pound boneless chicken thighs (or chicken breasts, cut into bite-size pieces); 1 onion (thinly sliced); 4 eggs; 4 cups Japanese rice (steamed); Optional: nori (dried seaweed, cut into strips)

Prep: 5 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Total: 20 mins

Servings: 4 servings

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Nutrition Facts (per serving)
549	Calories
12g	Fat
79g	Carbs
28g	Protein

Nutrition Facts
Servings: 4
Amount per serving
Calories	549
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12g	15%
Saturated Fat 4g	18%
Cholesterol 252mg	84%
Sodium 1849mg	80%
Total Carbohydrate 79g	29%
Dietary Fiber 1g	2%
Total Sugars 17g
Protein 28g
Vitamin C 1mg	7%
Calcium 53mg	4%
Iron 2mg	13%
Potassium 562mg	12%
*The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a food serving contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

(Nutrition information is calculated using an ingredient database and should be considered an estimate.)

Oyako literally means parents and children in Japanese and is a reference to two of the dish's main ingredients: chicken and egg. Oyako is a donburi, also called a don, which means rice bowl. The chicken and eggs are simmered in a flavorful broth and then the mixture is spooned over bowls of steamed Japanese rice.

This is a traditional Japanese dish that has been around quite some time--it was first cooked at Tamahide, a Tokyo restaurant, in 1891. Now it is a popular menu item at Japanese diners.

Dashi soup stock is a key ingredient in many Japanese soups including miso soup as well as many noodle dishes. It is made when water is boiled with edible kelp (kombu) and shavings of preserved, fermented skipjack tuna (katsoubushi). It is then strained to create the broth. Mirin, an essential Japanese condiment, is a rice wine similar to sake but with a lower alcohol content and higher sugar content.