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Spicy chicken donburi served in a bowl topped with green onions and homemade fried garlic chips.
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Spicy Chicken Donburi

Enjoy a quick and flavorful meal with my Spicy Chicken Donburi! This easy recipe features juicy chicken thighs, eggs, and a homemade donburi sauce, all served over fluffy rice. Perfect for a delicious Japanese-inspired dinner in under 15 minutes!
Course Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Keyword Spicy Chicken Donburi
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Servings 2
Calories 596kcal

Ingredients

Chicken Bowl

  • 3/4 lbs Chicken Thigh cubed
  • 1/4 Cup Onions sliced
  • 2 Eggs beaten
  • 1 tbsp Cooking Oil neutral, no flavor or taste
  • 1 Clove Garlic
  • 1/2 Stalk Green Onions chopped
  • 2 Cup Rice

Sauce

  • 1/3 Cup Dashi
  • 2 tbsp Japanese Sake
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Soy Sauce
  • 1 1/2 tbsp Sweetener your preferred sweetener
  • 1/2 tsp Togarashi red pepper flakes

Instructions

  • Gather all the ingredients.
    Ingredients to make spicy chicken donburi bowl on the countertop.
  • Add sliced garlic and cooking oil to a pan. Heat on high and cook for 45-60 seconds until the garlic starts to sizzle and turn brown. Flip the garlic and cook the other side until browned.
    Fried garlic chips in a pan.
  • Combine dashi, soy sauce, sweetener, Japanese sake, and togarashi red pepper in a mixing bowl and set aside.
    Donburi sauce on the countertop.
  • In a large sauté pan, heat cooking oil over medium heat until oil is preheated. Add sliced onions and cook until fragrant, around 45-60 seconds.
    Onions in a frying pan.
  • Add the cubed chicken thigh and donburi sauce from step 3. Cover the sauté pan and cook over medium heat for 4-6 minutes, until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
    Chicken and onions being cooked with donburi sauce.
  • Stream the beaten eggs into the pan and mix until the eggs are cooked to your liking.
    Eggs streamed into frying pan with simmer chicken and onions.
  • Transfer all the contents to a bowl of rice. Sprinkle with chopped green onions and fried garlic chips from step 1.
    Spicy chicken donburi served in a bowl.

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Nutrition

Calories: 596kcal | Carbohydrates: 28g | Protein: 37g | Fat: 40g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 9g | Monounsaturated Fat: 18g | Cholesterol: 330mg | Sodium: 1088mg | Potassium: 548mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 551IU | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 66mg | Iron: 3mg