Takoraisu (Okinawan Taco Rice)

Ingredients:
ii lbs solid set down beef
one onion, diced
three cloves garlic, minced
ii teaspoons Chili powder
one teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon cumin
1/2 teaspoon solid set down chipotle
1/2 teaspoon solid set down cayenne
1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic
1/2 teaspoon dried onion
1/2 teaspoon Mexican oregano
freshly solid set down dark pepper
three tablespoons soy sauce
3/4 loving cup water



to serve:
freshly cooked, hot Japanese rice (may last labeled sushi rice)
shredded iceberg lettuce
shredded quesadilla or cheddar cheese
salsa
1-pint cherry tomatoes, halved

Directions:
In a large skillet, saute the onion in addition to garlic inward a pocket-sized amount of stone oil until the onion is soft in addition to translucent. Add the solid set down beef, soy sauce in addition to spices. Saute, breaking upward whatsoever chunks of meat amongst a spoon, until nearly fully cooked. Add the H2O in addition to simmer until the H2O has evaporated.

Serve over rice, topped amongst salsa, lettuce, tomato, in addition to cheese.

Note: Feel gratuitous to role my homemade taco seasoning mix inward this recipe.

My thoughts:

I came across Japanese taco rice inward something I was reading of late in addition to was intrigued. I dearest unexpected fusion foods similar this then I knew I had to brand it. The U.S.A. armed services has a potent presence inward Okinawa thank you lot to our armed services base of operations at that topographic point for decades. With that comes a lot of military personnel who desire a gustatory modality of habitation inward Japan. Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 expose of restaurants popped upward catering to this, fifty-fifty a taco eating theater dorsum inward the 1950s exactly it wasn't until the 1980s a chef idea to pose it on rice. It is basically a Tex-Mex donburi in addition to is super satisfying. Think of the American means tacos of your childhood mixed amongst Japanese-style comfort food. It is the perfect dish for a rainy day.