Celery Free Gluten Free Japanese Gyudon

Total time40 min

Prep time15 min

Cook time25 min

4.8

(19)

This Japanese beef bowl is pure comfort food — savory, slightly sweet broth soaked into fluffy short-grain rice, topped with melt-in-your-mouth thinly sliced beef and tender caramelized onion. The broth comes together with dashi stock, tamari, mirin, sake, and a touch of sugar, creating that deeply satisfying umami depth that makes this dish so craveable. Tamari stands in for conventional soy sauce here, keeping the whole bowl completely gluten free without sacrificing a single drop of flavor. Celery doesn't appear anywhere in the ingredient list, so this is a genuinely clean, worry-free cook from start to finish — no hidden aromatics, no sneaky additions. Optional jammy soft-boiled eggs, toasted sesame seeds, scallion greens, and pickled red ginger let you build the bowl exactly the way you like it. It's the kind of weeknight dinner that feels like a restaurant treat but comes together in one skillet with minimal fuss.

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Ingredients

4 servings

For the rice

2 cups japanese short-grain white rice
2 ½ cups water

For the beef

1 ¼ lb beef ribeye or beef chuck, very thinly sliced (about ⅛ inch)
1 large yellow onion, halved and thinly sliced into half-moons

For the broth

1 cup dashi stock (gluten free)
¼ cup tamari
¼ cup mirin
2 tbsp sake
1 tbsp sugar

For serving

4 large eggs (optional)
2 scallions, thinly sliced (green parts only) (optional)
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds (optional)
pickled red ginger (beni shoga), for serving (optional)

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice in a medium saucepan under cold water, swirling and draining 3–4 times until the water runs mostly clear. Add 2 1/2 cups fresh water, cover, and bring to a boil over medium-high heat. Reduce heat to the lowest setting and cook, covered, for 12 minutes. Remove from heat and let steam, still covered, for 10 minutes.
2
While the rice cooks, combine the dashi stock, tamari, mirin, sake, and sugar in a large skillet or wide saucepan. Bring to a simmer over medium heat, stirring until the sugar dissolves.

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