Vegetable Donburi

🥘 Ingredients

• shiitake dashi 2 cups
• mirin 2 Tbsp
• light soy sauce 2 Tbsp
• potato starch 1 ½ Tbsp
• water 3 Tbsp
• extra virgin olive oil 1-2 Tbsp
• renkon ½ piece
• fresh shiitake mushrooms 1 ½ cups
• aburaage 2 pieces
• red bell pepper ¼
• yellow bell pepper ¼
• sugar snap peas ½ cup
• enoki mushrooms ½ bunch

Shiitake Dashi

1. 1

   First make the shiitake dashi . (While this is cooking you can prepare the vegetables)

Ankake Sauce

1. 1

   After the dashi is ready and while still hot add mirin , light soy sauce and stir in.
2. 2

   Next gradually add the potato starch in water slurry into the dashi mixture stirring continuously to avoid clumping. Bring to a gentle boil and within 1 minute or so, the mixture should be noticeably thicker. Once thickened remove from heat and cover. This is your ankake (sauce)

Vegetables

1. 1

   Use a large sauté pan on medium heat, add in the extra virgin olive oil and cook the renkon and fresh shiitake mushrooms for 1-2 minutes . Add in the aburaage , red bell pepper , yellow bell pepper , sugar snap peas , and enoki mushrooms and cook 4-5 minutes until softened. Stir occasionally and allow to brown slightly.
2. 2

   Once the vegetables have softened add all the ankake sauce to the vegetable pan and mix the vegetables into the sauce. Remove from heat.

Serving

1. 1

   Place one serving of brown rice into a large bowl and pour the vegetable ankake sauce over the rice ~ about 1 cups worth.
2. 2

   Top with desired herbs or peppers and enjoy!