Chicken donburi

A paper cup full of food, chicken, vegetable on top.
Donburi is the fast food of Japan and this Chicken Donburi recipe is fantastically healthy and filling. It's also very easy but be sure and have the table set as it comes together pretty quickly.

Course Dinner, Lunch
Servings 4

Ingredients
 
 

  • ½ tbsp rice bran oil
  • 1 small bag baby spinach leaves
  • 1 medium onion sliced
  • ¼ tsp salt divided
  • 2 tsp minced fresh ginger root
  • 250 g boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips
  • ¾ cup reduced-salt chicken stock
  • 2 tbsp low-salt soy or shoyu sauce we love Ceres Organics Shoyu
  • 1 tbsp mirin or brown sugar
  • 4 eggs lightly beaten
  • 2 cup cooked brown rice

Instructions
 

  • Place a wok or large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
  • Add 1 teaspoon oil plus spinach and cook until spinach wilts. Remove spinach to plate. Set aside.
  • Add 1 1/2 teaspoons oil to wok. Stir in onion and cook for 2 minutes. Stir in half the salt. Add ginger and cook for 45 seconds.
  • Sprinkle chicken with remaining salt and add to wok with remaining oil. Cook until chicken is opaque, 2 to 3 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
  • In a small bowl, whisk together broth, soy sauce, and mirin; add to wok. Stir in spinach and cook until mixture begins to bubble gently. Pour eggs over top of chicken & spinach mixture; cover and cook until eggs set, 2 to 3 minutes.
  • To serve, spoon a half cup of rice into each of four deep soup bowls. Top with chicken-egg mixture and serve with steamed veggies.
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