Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, shirasu rice bowl (shirasu-don). One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don) is one of the most favored of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don) is something which I’ve loved my whole life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have shirasu rice bowl (shirasu-don) using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don):
- Take 1 serving cooked rice
- Make ready 1 handful Kama-age Shirasu, or boiled shirasu/baby sardines
- Take 1 leaf Shiso, also called Perilla or Ooba
- Prepare 2 teaspoons sesame seeds
- Make ready 1 teaspoon soy sauce
- Make ready 1/2 teaspoon mirin
Steps to make Shirasu Rice Bowl (Shirasu-don):
- Mix the soy sauce and mirin to make the sauce. Slice the shiso leaf into very thin strips.
- Fill your rice bowl with a serving of hot rice and top it with plenty of shirasu.
- Pore over the sauce and garnish with the sliced shiso leaf and sesame seeds.
- This is also great with minced myoga ginger and/or grated ginger.
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