🇯🇵 Japanese

Tofu Donburi

Name: Tofu Donburi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 22 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, sliced Onion; 1, finely chopped Garlic; 300 g Rice; 4 Eggs; 1 tsp White Pepper; 500 g, silken Tofu; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil

🇯🇵 Japanese

A one-pot rice dish where tofu perfumes the grains as they cook — weeknight-friendly and endlessly adaptable. About 32 minutes from fridge to table.

Prep 10 min Cook 22 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Onion1, sliced
Garlic1, finely chopped
Rice300 g
Eggs4
White Pepper1 tsp
Tofu500 g, silken
Stock or Broth600 ml
Neutral Oil2 tbsp

Optional extras

Shiso Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Neutral Oil in a wide pot, soften the garlic, and bloom the white pepper for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the tofu, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with shiso leaves.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

Video: Tofu and Egg Donburi Rice Bowl - Yuko's Kitchen - Japanese Cooking 101 · on YouTube