Oyakodon

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title: "Oyakodon" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["donburi", "japanese-rice-dishes", "japanese-egg-dishes", "japanese-chicken-dishes", "chicken-and-rice-dishes"] description: "Japanese chicken and rice dish" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyakodon" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Japanese chicken and rice dish ::

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Field	Value
name	Oyakodon
image	Oyakodon 003.jpg
caption	Oyakodon
type	Donburi
country	Japan
year	1891
main_ingredient	Chicken, egg, and sliced scallion
minor_ingredient	Soy sauce and stock
serving_size	100 g
no_recipes	false
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| name = Oyakodon | image = Oyakodon 003.jpg | image_size = | image_alt = | caption = Oyakodon | alternate_name = | type = Donburi | course = | country = Japan | region = | national_cuisine = | creator = | year = 1891 | mintime = | maxtime = | served = | main_ingredient = Chicken, egg, and sliced scallion | minor_ingredient = Soy sauce and stock | variations = | serving_size = 100 g | calories = | calories_ref = | protein = | fat = | carbohydrate = | glycemic_index = | similar_dish = | cookbook = | commons = | other = | no_recipes= false Oyakodon, literally "parent-and-child donburi", is a donburi, or Japanese rice bowl dish, in which chicken, egg, sliced scallion (or sometimes regular onions), and other ingredients are all simmered together in a kind of soup that is made with soy sauce and stock, and then served on top of a large bowl of rice. The name of the dish is a poetic reflection of both chicken and egg being used in the dish.

History

The origins of the dish are unknown. The earliest written mention of the terms "oyako" and "don" in combination is in a newspaper advertisement for a restaurant in Kobe in 1884. The advertisement mentions dishes named oyakojōdon, oyakonamidon and oyakochūdon, possibly referring to different sizes.

Variations

Several other Japanese dishes pun on the parent-and-child theme of oyakodon. Tanindon, literally "stranger bowl", is otherwise identical but replaces the chicken with beef or pork. A dish of salmon and salmon roe served raw over rice is known as sake oyakodon (salmon parent-child donburi). File:oyakodon_by_-puamelia-.jpg File:Oyakodon_002.jpg File:Oyakodon_set_by_machu_in_Karuizawa,_Nagano.jpg

References

• Tsuji, Shizuo (1980). Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art. New York: Kodansha International/USA. .

References

1. "親子丼(オヤコドンブリ)とは - Definition of "Oyakodon" (In Japanese)".
2. (8 March 2011). "明治36年(1903)、第五回内国勧業博覧会開催時に、親子丼が販売提供されていたか知りたい。 (in Japanese)".
3. (22 August 2011). "Food and Culture". Cengage Learning.

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