Donburi

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Donburi is basically known as a fast-food lunch. It's a basic, simple and hearty meal. Donburi consists of a bowl of hot cooked rice on top of which you put various meats and/or vegetables.

Some of the possible varieties include:

  • Yakitori donburi, rice topped with pieces of grilled chicken
  • Tempura donburi, rice topped with deep-fried prawns (shrimp)
  • Katsu-don, rice topped with breaded pork cutlets
  • sashimi donburi, rice topped with pieces of raw fish and other seafood
  • Unagi donburi, rice topped with pieces of broiled eel
  • Guy-don, rice topped with sukiyaki style beef
  • Oyako-donburi, rice topped with cooked chicken and green onions which have been blended with eggs.

There are various other varieties, of course. The term "donburi" actually refers to the bowl the material is served in.