Soboro Donburi | 40 Best-Ever Recipes | Food & Wine

Long before rice bowls were in vogue, cookbook author and Japanese expert Elizabeth Andoh taught readers how to make donburi—a casual, working-class dish of meat and vegetables served over rice as a complete meal. This version, made with a seasoned ground meat sauté known as soboro, features ground beef, peas, and fresh ginger spooned over perfectly steamed rice. This hearty Japanese rice bowl features soboro, finely ground beef simmered in a soy sauce, dashi, and sake mixture. To simplify the recipe, Elizabeth Andoh suggests use water instead of dashi.

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[Barneyhater]

It bothers me that this is called a Donburi but served on a plate.

[AOpenHearts]

Or you can use just sugar, water, ground ginger(instead of fresh), soy sauce. I don't have sake or mirin on hand 🥲