Oyakodon

Oyakodon

Oyakodon (親子丼), literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a donburi, or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a sauce 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.^[1]

Variations

Several other Japanese dishes pun on the parent-and-child theme of oyakodon. Tanindon (他人丼), literally "stranger bowl",^[2] is otherwise identical but replaces the chicken with beef. A dish of salmon and salmon roe served raw over rice is known as sake oyakodon (鮭親子丼).

See also

• Gyūdon, beef on rice
• Katsudon, pork cutlets on rice
• "Mother and Child Reunion", a Paul Simon song that takes its title from a similar chicken and egg dish.

References

1. "親子丼(オヤコドンブリ)とは - Definition of "Oyakodon" (In Japanese)".
2. "関西の他人丼を知っていますか？地方の丼紹介！". TRENDRIPPLE(とれんどりっぷる) (in Japanese). Retrieved 2015-12-06.

• Tsuji, Shizuo (1980). Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art. New York: Kodansha International/USA. ISBN 0-87011-399-2.

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