Hello! Hi everyone, Wesley here. Today we're diving back into our series dedicated to Japanese comfort food classics with what I would consider to be a relatively quick and easy one pot meal known as gyudon. For those unfamiliar, gyudon is a Japanese beef and rice bowl consisting of thinly sliced pieces of beef and onion, slow simmered in an umami forward dashi broth, and combined most iconically with soy sauce and mirin, then served over rice. The result is a mildly sweet, savory and hearty rice bowl that I personally find to be ideal for a quick Monday night meal that scales well for a crowd.
Perhaps the one and only tricky part of this entire dish however, is the slice to our beef, which very specifically must be sliced razor thin in order for it to slow simmer and cook properly. For those that have planned ahead well, you may purchase beef chuck that has been sliced with a deli slicer at many asian markets to solve this challenge. If you're like me though and...well. forgot. I'll also be taking a dive into my favorite freezer trick to achieving razor thin slices as well. Hope you try it.
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0:00 Hello Hi Everyone!
1:34 Mise En Place (veggies)
2:09 Mise En Place (sauce)
2:58 Mise En Place (steak)
3:58 On The Stove (dashi stock)
4:22 On The Stove (simmer)
5:15 Let's Eat!
6:12 Thanks For Watching!