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 kind of soup that 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.[1]
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Type | Donburi |
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Place of origin | Japan |
Created by | Tamahide |
Invented | 1891 |
Main ingredients | Chicken, egg, and sliced scallion |
Ingredients generally used | Soy sauce and stock |
Variations | Tanindon |
History
The dish was invented at a Tokyo restaurant, Tamahide, in 1891.[2]
Variations
Several other Japanese dishes pun on the parent-and-child theme of oyakodon. Tanindon (他人丼), literally "stranger bowl",[3] 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 (鮭親子丼) (salmon parent-child donburi).
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
- "親子丼(オヤコドンブリ)とは - Definition of "Oyakodon" (In Japanese)".
- Goh, Lester (24 June 2015). "Tamahide". JapanTravel. Japan Travel K.K. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Goldberg, Elyssa (19 January 2016). "The Egg Dish That's Had Japanese People Lining Up for 250 Years". Bon Appetit. Condé Nast. Retrieved 1 October 2016. - "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.
Pamela Goyan Kittler; Kathryn P. Sucher; Marcia Nelms (22 August 2011). Food and Culture. Cengage Learning. p. 327. ISBN 1-285-22561-9.
- Tsuji, Shizuo (1980). Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art. New York: Kodansha International/USA. ISBN 0-87011-399-2.
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