Hayashi Rice
A rich, tomatoey beef and onion stew served over fluffy white rice — Japan's cozy take on a Western-style hashed beef.
Ingredients
| 2 cups (400g) | cooked Japanese short-grain rice | |
| 7 oz (200g) | thinly sliced beef | |
| 1 | large onion, thinly sliced | |
| 1 cup (150g) | button mushrooms, sliced | |
| 1 cup (240ml) | beef broth | |
| 1/2 cup (120ml) | tomato puree | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | ketchup |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | Worcestershire sauce |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | butter |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | flour |
| — | salt and pepper to taste |
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat and sauté the onion until deeply golden, about 10 minutes.
- Add the mushrooms and cook for 3 minutes. Push everything to the side, add the beef, and brown lightly.
- Sprinkle flour over the mixture and stir to coat.
- Add the beef broth, tomato puree, ketchup, and Worcestershire sauce. Stir well.
- Simmer over low heat for 15 minutes until the sauce thickens. Season with salt and pepper.
- Serve the stew over rice.