Oyakodon


Oyakodon, literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a donburi, or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion, and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup which is made with soy sauce and stock, and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. The name of the dish is a poetic reflection of the fact that both chicken and egg are used in the dish.

History

The dish was invented at a Tokyo restaurant, Tamahide, in 1891.

Variations

Several other Japanese dishes pun on the parent-and-child theme of oyakodon. Tanindon, literally "stranger bowl", is otherwise identical but replaces the chicken with beef or pork. A dish of salmon and salmon roe served raw over rice is known as sake oyakodon.