Donburi

By. Ahmadi

Donburi>>>What it is

Donburi is rice together  with toppings consisting of meat, vegetables, fishor other ingredients simmered together and served in bowl.

When speaking about donburi, toppings is the important of attention, but rice equally important with toppings. Japanese people can use any kind of topping their can imagine. it's best to use fluffy and soft Japanese rice for Donburi.

Four Types Of Donburi Dishes

·         Type 1 >> Ingredients with Egg

This Donburi consists of an egg, mixed over other toppings and also rice to add a fluffy texture and give the Donburi a mild flavor. Any ingredients can be combined with eggs. 

This type such as oyako-don, chicken katsudon, ten toji-don (tempura and egg), gyu toji-don (thinly sliced beef and egg), Katsu-don, una tama-don (eel and egg) and konohadon ( fish cake,fried tofu, vegetables, and egg).

·         Type 2 >> Tempura

Any variety of tempura used for topping of a donburi and add special thick sauce for this donburi.

After being deep-fried, tempura is dipped in the special thick sauce before being added on the rice. More special thick sauce is poured over the donburi and tempura to complete the Donburi dish.

This type such as Tendon, yasai tendon (assortment of vegetable tempura), ebi tendon (shrimp tempura) and kakiage-don (tempura using an assortment of chopped).

Type 3 >> Fresh Seafood

With Sashimi-quality, raw fish for toppings for this donburi. Formally Japanese people can put any ingredients on top, but there are some famous combinations, such as ikura (salmon roe), uni (sea urchin).

This type such as ikuradon, Kaisendon, sake ikuradon,uni ikuradon, tekkadon and maguro yamakakedon.

·         Type 4

Such as Unadon, butadon, gyudon, sauce katsudon (pork cutlets with thick sauce),, ebi chilidon (spicy shrimp), tori karadon (fried chicken), miso katsudon (pork cutlets with miso-based sauce) and mabodon (tofu in spicy meat sauce).

Traditional Japanese of Donburi 

·         Gyūdon (牛丼). 

Donburi with beef plus onion on rice.

·         Tendon (天丼). 

Donburi with tempura shrimp plus vegetables on rice.

·         Unadon (鰻丼). 

With unagi kabayaki or grilled eel on rice.

·         Tamagodon (玉子丼). 

With a egg mixed with sweet donburi sauce.

·         Oyakodon (親子丼). 

With simmered chicken, egg and also onion.

·         Katsudon (カツ丼).

With deep-fried pork cutlets plus onion and egg.

·         Tekkadon (鉄火丼).

Donburi With raw tuna over rice mixed with of spicy sauce.

·         Hokkadon.

Donburi with raw salmon.

·         Negitorodon (ネギトロ丼). 

With fatty tuna and spring onions.

·         Tenshindon(天津丼)

Donburi with of a crabmeat omelet.

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