, literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a ''
donburi
is a Japanese "rice-bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. ''Donburi'' meals are usually served in oversized rice bowls which are also called ''donburi''. If one needs to d ...
'', or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced
scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup that is made with soy sauce and stock, and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. The name of the dish is a
poetic reflection of both chicken and egg being used in the dish.
History
The origins of the dish are unknown. The earliest written mention of the terms "oyako" and "don" in combination is in a newspaper advertisement for a restaurant in
Kobe
Kobe ( , ; officially , ) is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture Japan. With a population around 1.5 million, Kobe is Japan's seventh-largest city and the third-largest port city after Tokyo and Yokohama. It is located in Kansai region, whic ...
in 1884. The advertisement mentions dishes named ''oyakojōdon, oyakonamidon'' and ''oyakochūdon,'' possibly referring to different sizes.
Variations
Several other Japanese dishes pun on the parent-and-child theme of ''oyakodon''. , literally "stranger bowl",
is otherwise identical but replaces the chicken with
beef or
pork. A dish of
salmon and salmon
roe served raw over rice is known as (salmon parent-child donburi).
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See also
*
Gyūdon, beef on rice
*
Katsudon, pork cutlets on rice
*"
Mother and Child Reunion", a
Paul Simon
Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American musician, singer, songwriter and actor whose career has spanned six decades. He is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in popular music, both as a solo artist and as half of folk roc ...
song that takes its title from a similar chicken and egg dish
References
* Tsuji, Shizuo (1980). ''Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art''. New York: Kodansha International/USA. .
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