Gyudon from JoJo: Japanese Beef Rice Bowl

Gyudon from JoJo: Japanese Beef Rice Bowl

Gyudon is a Japanese bowl of thin beef slices and onion in sweet-salty teriyaki sauce over rice. In JoJo it is offered as a symbol of care and simple domestic joy.

History of the dish

Gyudon appeared in Japan in the Meiji era as cheap workers' food. The Yoshinoya and Sukiya chains made it a symbol of Japanese fast food. The dish is popular in anime precisely because of its ordinariness.

Key ingredients

Beef (thin slices, marbled shoulder works well), onion, soy sauce, mirin, sake, sugar, dashi stock, steamed rice, egg (optional), pickled ginger.

How to cook at home

Cut onion into half-rings and simmer in the sauce until translucent. Add beef at the very end — it cooks in 1–2 minutes. A raw egg can be cracked over the hot bowl.