A beautiful deep bowl brimming with the sunrise hues of egg yolk, radicchio, and brown-sugar cured salmon, dotted with toasted sesame seeds and framed by fresh sous vide radicchio. The startling contrast of colors offers an almost abstract art-like appeal.

Sunrise Radicchio Donburi

Name: Sunrise Radicchio Donburi
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 heads 2 heads of radicchio roughly chopped and a few leaves sous vided; 200 grams smoked salmon thinly sliced; 2 tablespoons brown sugar for curing salmon; 2 cups short grain sushi rice; 4 eggs yolks only; 4 tablespoons mirin; 4 tablespoons soy sauce; 1 teaspoon dashi powder; 1 tablespoon sesame seeds toasted; as needed vegetable oil; to taste salt

Japanese breakfast bowl with radicchio and seasonal touches

Category Breakfast

Prep 25 minutes

Cook 20 minutes

Style Japanese

Technique Simmering

Diet Friendly Pescatarian

Daily recipe · October 24, 2023

A little about this dish

Introducing 'Sunrise Radicchio Donburi'! This breakfast dish will take you on a tour of authentic Japanese flavours with a welcoming burst of vibrant radicchio. A balanced symphony of tastes and textures, it accentuates the crunchy, slightly spicy charm of radicchio with the delicate umami richness of a soy-mirin broth.

Ingredients (for 4)

2 heads of radicchio — 2 heads — roughly chopped and a few leaves sous vided
Smoked salmon — 200 grams — thinly sliced
Brown sugar — 2 tablespoons — for curing salmon
Short grain sushi rice — 2 cups
Eggs — 4 — yolks only
Mirin — 4 tablespoons
Soy sauce — 4 tablespoons
Dashi powder — 1 teaspoon
Sesame seeds — 1 tablespoon — toasted
Vegetable oil — as needed
Salt — to taste

Preparation

Step 1 — 🐟🔪🍚

Cure the thin slices of smoked salmon in brown sugar for about 20 minutes. Afterwards, rinse off the excess sugar and pat them dry.
Step 2 — 🍚🔥⏲️

Follow the instructions on the packet to cook the short grain sushi rice.
Step 3 — 🥣🥄🍲

In a saucepan, gently simmer the mirin, soy sauce, and dashi powder to create a flavorful broth.
Step 4 — 🥘🥬🔥

While the broth is simmering, heat vegetable oil in a pan. Add the roughly chopped radicchio and saute until it becomes crisp-tender.
Step 5 — 🍚🥗🍴

Divide the cooked sushi rice among four bowls, and arrange the cured salmon, sauteed radicchio, and raw radicchio on top of it.
Step 6 — 🥚🍳🍚

Create a small nest in the middle of each bowl and gently drop an egg yolk into each one.
Step 7 — 🥣🍲🌰

Pour the warm broth over each bowl right before serving. Sprinkle each bowl with toasted sesame seeds for the final touch.

A final fox tip

This dish is a delight to customize! Swap out the salmon for tofu for a vegetarian touch, or top with poached eggs for an extra layer of luxury. Want to involve kids? Let them have fun with arranging toppings or sprinkling sesame seeds.