Ever since I started cooking for myself, I got tired of the same things all the time like eggs with meat and toast, cereal, or even scrambled eggs. There is only so many things one can do with those types of meals especially when the main focus is eggs. I have been cooking for myself even in high school but not as much as I do in college. I have a love for the culture of japan and their food so the breakfast bowl I’ll be telling you about is a copycat recipe of one of their dishes. The dish where I got the idea from is called donburi, which is literally “bowl”, also frequently abbreviated as “don”, less commonly spelled “domburi” is a Japanese “rice bowl dish” consisting of fish, meat, vegetables or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. My interpretation is the rice as the base, usually seasoned with salt, butter, and pepper. It needs to be simple since the flavors on top of it with be soaked into the rice. My usual breakfast bowl dish consists of bacon, green onions, veggies (whatever I have on me), and an omelet that is almost cooked all the way. After I season the rice, I would place that in a bowl then cook my bacon. After the bacon is done, I would either crumble it or cut it into bite size pieces and place it on top of the rice. Next I would cook my veggies and usually, they would contain brussel sprouts, zucchini, and bell peppers (orange, red and yellow for color). I would place the veggies on top of the rice as well and mix up the bacon and the veggies.
Next, I would start with the omelet and I usually add milk into my eggs for a fluffier texture and just because I always put milk in my eggs when scrambled or in an omelet. As the eggs are cooking, I would keep bringing in the eggs and do a soft scramble with it while not breaking the egg surface to keep the omelet form. In the eggs, that is where I put a lot of flavor into it which is usually garlic and onion powder, paprika, cayenne (a little), hot sauce, salt, pepper, cheese, and parsley. Only cooking that to the point where it is still a bit runny then flipping it over so the runny part of the omelet is oozing into the veggies, bacon, and rice. Then I top it off with more parsley and ketchup. I have cooked this recipe many times and I believe I have perfected it and made it my own. I don’t really have a name for it yet but it is a very hearty breakfast that is also pretty good for you. Sometimes I like to put green onions on top but that is if I have the ingredient. I used to cook this meal for my roommates a lot but now I mainly just cook it for myself since we are mainly on opposite schedules. I have a rice cooker for my rice so I usually do the minimum requirement of rice which is two cups. I do not use all the rice so normally I just pack it up and save it for later. Anyone can make this meal, it is very easy and anyone can literally put anything in it and cook the eggs however they want it. This meal does take some time to prep so make sure everything is cut up beforehand and keep the rice in the cooker until it is ready to be served. So please, pick up your cooking utensils and start cooking!
Here is a video of one of my favorite Japanese youtube cooking shows, their name is called cooking with dog.
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