Soboro is meat or fish that has been boiled or stir-fried and then broken into small pieces. In the case of meat, it is made with chicken, pork or beef. Other times, stir-fried eggs are also called soboro. Soboro is served on rice in dishes such as ” Soboro-Don”, “Soboro Ankake”, and “Soboro Ni” (Soboro stew).
Here is a recipe for Soboro-Don with minced chicken and egg, a staple of Japanese bento.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
Calories 585Kcal
Protein 28.5g
Fat 21.8g
Carbohydrates 64.7g
Salt. 3.1g
Ingredients (2 servings)
200g ground chicken(beef or pork can be used)
2 eggs
300g(150g per person) rice
2tsp vegetable oil
For ground meat (A)
1.5 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp sugar
2 tbsp cooking sake
1 tbsp mirin (sweet cooking rice wine)
For eggs (B)
1 tsp cooking sake
2 tsp mirin (sweet cooking rice wine)
a pinch of salt
How to cook
- Prepare seasonings A and B separately.
- Heat the oil in a frying pan over medium heat and fry the minced meat until it becomes crumbly.
- Add (A) to the stir-fried minced meat, boil it down, and when the liquid evaporates, the “Chicken Soboro” is complete.
- Add (B) to the eggs and mix well.
- Heat oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add the beaten eggs and fry, stirring with chopsticks until crumbly. When the fire goes through, “Egg Soboro” is complete.
- Place rice in a bowl, top with “Chicken Soboro” and “Egg Soboro”, and it’s done.
Japanese seasonings used
soy sauce（醤油）
cooking sake（料理酒）
mirin (みりん・sweet cooking rice wine)
