牛丼―GYU-DON―

Did you see the moon last night??
It was GORGEOUS!! Absolutely gorgeous!!
When I woke up to go to toilet in the middle of night, outside was super bright like daytime because of the moon light!!
I wanted to bathe in the moon but it was a bit too early so I went straight back to the bed..(^-ω-^)Zzz


Oh, well...


Today's menu is 牛丼―GYU-DON―


'DON' is short for 'DONBURI'. 
'DONBURI' means a big rice bowl literary.  
But when it comes after some food like 'GYU-DON', this 'DON' means 'rice bowl dishes'.


'GYU' means 'Beef'.
Yes, today's menu is 'a bowl rice of topped with beef'.


There are several 'DONBURI' such as 'KATSU-DON', 'OYAKO-DON'...
I'll introduce them here eventually.


There are several franchised GYU-DON restaurants in Japan and their GYU-DON costs only $3.50 and Yum!!!  So I'm not willing to pay more than that for GYU-DON..
Oh well...

Ingredients are:  

   *Beef ― 'usually' use thin                     sliced beef.       
   *Onion ― Sliced one.  


This is it usually.


But I want to eat as much vegetable as possible, so I add carrots and green peppers.




And of course, thin sliced beef is expensive in Australia, I use beef mince instead. 
Why not?!
This time, it was about 250g mince, I think...






Now, let's cook!!


Firstly cook beef in a pot with oil.  Add about a table spoon of sugar and cook.


When beef is almost cooked, add vegetables and cook more.

Toss about two pinches of HONDASHI and about a half glass of water.

Pour about a table spoonful of soy sauce, about half a table spoon of SAKE and MIRIN.


Stew until ingredients are all cooked.  


When it is ready, serve it on the top of rice!




Tadaaaan!!


Here's GYU-DON!!!
(But actually, this is not quite Gyu-don, so I usually call it 'Pinga Special'.)


Now...
♪いただきま～す♪


Please note that this is my way to cook.


When I worked at a Japanese take way shop, they served GYU-DON but they cooked it in a total different way.
Still, mine is as yummy as theirs or maybe better (*ﾉ▽ﾉ) Kekekeke

At least, mine doesn't cost $8.80/serving but only $3.00 for three servings!!!  


Also please note that the amount of condiments is rough because I usually do not scale them!! lol
So you should taste while cooking and adjust the taste as you like (*'-')b


In addition, you can add a raw egg (of course, fresh one!!) on the top of GYU-DON or add an egg in a pot and stew before you serve if you like.


I cooked pasta salad as well this time.
It is easy so I do not think I need write a recipe of it.  

I usually use.. 
  *Cucumber
  *Carrot ― Microwave before you chop so it is cooked a bit
  *Onion ― Thin sliced and wash with cold water to get rid of the bitter taste.  And of course squeeze water. 
  *Corn or boiled egg ― For the color of yellow
  *Ham


The important point is 'Use Japanese mayonnaise'!!!!
Also I pour a bit of AJI-SHIO-KOSYO and a little bit soy sauce to give a hidden taste.


My pasta salad is always popular!!


Ooops, now, darling can cook MY pasta salad...(　 ﾟ ▽ ﾟ ;)


♪ごちそうさまでした～♪




o(〃＾▽＾〃)o




Please refer the blog of Basic for condiments that I uses today.