Beef Donburi California Style - Beef Rice Bowl - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb beef (such as sirloin, ribeye, etc)
1 onion
2 1/2 tablespoons sugar
2 1/2 tablespoons soy sauce
2 1/2 tablespoons mirin
1 1/2 tablespoons white wine
1 1/2 tablespoons red wine
1 1/2 tablespoons sake
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
3/4 - 1 cup water
cooked rice
pickled ginger (optional)
shichimi togarashi (optional)

Preparation

Cut beef into very thin bite size pieces. Cut onion into about 8 wedges.
Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and saute onion until transparent. Add beef and saute 2 minutes. Add sugar, soy sauce, mirin, white and red wine, sake, salt and water.
When the liquid comes to a boil, reduce heat and cook while removing scum that floats up. Cook until the liquid is reduced by half.
Put cooked rice into individual bowls (about 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 C depending on your appetite) and top with beef mixture along with sauce from the pan evenly. Top with pickled red ginger and shichimi togarashi or shichimi pepper.