Delicious in Dungeon #67: Final Cutlet Bowl

This isnt even an official recipe, but just scroll down and look at that glamour shot... its begging me to make it. So shiny and meaty looking, our pickiest eaters would crave it.

I looked up some japanese recipes, it doesn't really look breaded in the image like katsudon so ive settled on a bbq pork recipe called butadon instead. But... instead of making a whole caramel sauce, im going to make a simpler bbq style glaze with syrup.

Got a big load of medium-fatty shoulder steaks! I considered doing a massive batch, but... itll be quicker and easier to do just 1 saucepan full, and save the rest of the meat for the next recipe, which I think itll work well for. 

OK first up, cooking some nice japanese sticky rice.

For this we just need the white part of spring onion for garnish. I can chop the rest of the greens up and store them in my freezer stash, they're one of my go-to toppings for instant noodles.

We gotta have a big pile of flat steaks, so ill tenderise them. This will probably also make them pick up the sauce better with all those spike holes.

We filled the pan with only 4 pieces. Seems like a reasonable amount!

Now while thats browning, we can make the sauce. I'm mixing minced garlic, golden syrup, sake, mirin, and soy sauce.

Just eyeballing it really. I dunno. then i mix it up so the syrup dissolves.

Once the meat is looking about 3/4 cooked ill drain off any excess oil and add the sauce. Its really thin, so heres hoping it reduces nicely without burning the sugar too much.

Look at that, a transformation!

Now maybe ill season the rice a bit too, just with some salt and rice vinegar. Then fluff it up and pile it high in the bowl!

The onion looks a bit tough as a garnish, so im going to fry it a little bit at the end.

Oh! I also wanted to add some pickled ginger to the bowl, that often came suggested in the recipes and I happen to have some.

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Cor! It's as good as it looks. Im not as robust as Tade after all. (im sorry i cant be her...) so i split it into 2 meals after I took the photo. It's simple, but i love rice, i love bbq... it's sweet and sour and sticky and perfect!