Japanese Gyudon aka Beef Bowl

Japanese gyudon (gyu is beef, don is rice bowl in Japanese), a variation of sukiyaki, is one of the popular dishes from Japan in the States.  It's an easy one-dish meal to prepare at home.  Kids normally like it a lot.  We just made it again recently at home so here's the recipe ...

 Ingredients:

• 10 to 14 oz thinly sliced sukiyaki meat or "kiriotoshi beef" in Japanese market, you can also buy the thinly sliced meat from Korean or Chinese market (in refrigerator or freezer section).  The fresh thinly sliced beef from Japanese market tastes better compared to the others but you also pay a little more in price for it.
• 2 onions, julienne cut
• 4 shiitake mushrooms, if dried ones, softened, then slice thinly.  This time I used bunashimeji mushroom, trim the bottom part
• 1 bunch or 1 bag baby spinach.  I didn't have spinach handy this time around so didn't include it
• 4 water chestnuts, coarsely chopped, I use the can ones
• 4 eggs, slightly beaten

Cooking sauce:

• 1 cup water
• 1/4 cup soy sauce
• 1/4 cup mirin
• 1 tsp sugar
• 1 tbsp instant dashi stock powder

Direction:

1. Mix water and instant dashi stock powder in a large skillet, cook until the powder dissolved
   Add soy sauce, mirin, sugar
2. Add the beef, cook for 2-3 minutes
3. Add the mushrooms, water chestnuts, and spinach, cook for 2-3 minutes longer
4. Pour beaten eggs over it
5. Cook until eggs are set
6. Divide into 4 servings and place it on steamed rice in a serving bowl, optional - sprinkle with sukiyaki sauce

Make 4 servings