Rice bowl

Roast duck breast with spicy sweet sour sauce

When you're short on ingredients, keep the meal simple. Duck is so rich and tasty it doesn't need too many spices and seasonings to cook it into a delicious dish. In this recipe, duck breast is seasoned with nothing but salt and pepper before it goes into the oven.

Cook time: 20

Servings: 2 people

Katsudon

Japanese fried breaded pork cutlet (tonkatsu) joins eggs in sweet-salty broth, and the combo goes over a bowl of rice. It’s hard not to fall in love with Japanese food with dishes like katsudon.

Cook time: 7

Servings: 1 person

Soy ginger beef rice bowl

A slab of beef short plate is simmered with ginger slices in broth, soy sauce, sake and mirin, sliced thinly and served over rice with scallions and sesame seeds.

Cook time: 3 15

Servings: 3 people

Salmon curry rice bowl

When you don’t have time to cook an old-fashioned curry, there’s a way to enjoy all the curry goodness by using a quick-cooking protein like salmon. Prep time is five minutes. Cook time is ten minutes.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people

Cheesy gyudon

A heap of shredded cheese on top of gyudon is torched until melted. It’s our home version of a beef rice bowl preparation popularized by Japanese gyudon chain Sukiya.

Cook time: 10

Servings: 4 people