Feeling sluggish since morning... 'Bonito Flake Gapao Rice' for days when you want to take a half-day off and go home

Today, I am feeling completely out of it.
My brain hasn't been working at all since this morning.
I'm facing my computer, but there's no sign of any work getting done.
Don't you have days like that?

| Honestly, I want to take a half-day and go home...

As long as I'm dealing with female hormones, there are times when I feel unwell and simply cannot fight it, no matter how hard I try.

I fantasize about flipping my to-do list over like a table-flip and saying,'I'm taking a half-day and going home today,' without caring what anyone thinks, and then quickly leaving my seat...

But even though I have the fantasies, I don't have the courage to actually do it. (Speaking from my days as an office worker)

In the end, I just avoid overtime.

I stumble into the supermarket, andI think about what to make, but my brain isn't working. I want to eat something, but I don't want to make anything complicated or delicious. I don't have the energy to carry heavy things... I'll just buy the bare minimum and go home.

Here is the perfect 'knife-free Gapao Rice you can make even on days you want to take a half-day off' for times like that.

| Ingredients (for 2 servings)

Ground pork 200g
Basil about 10 leaves
Bonito flakes about 1g
Eggs 2
Oil 1 tbsp
Garlic (tube) 5cm
Soy sauce 1 tbsp
Sake 1 tbsp
Nam pla (fish sauce) 1/2 tbsp
(Can be substituted with Worcestershire sauce or oyster sauce, etc.)
Maple syrup 1 tsp(Can be substituted with honey or sugar)

| How to make

Heat1 tbsp oil and 5cm of garlic tubein a frying pan.

Add 200g of ground porkand stir-fry until the redness is gone.

Add 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1/2 tbsp nam pla
(can be substituted with the same amount of Worcestershire sauce or oyster sauce, etc.),

1 tbsp sake,
1 tsp maple syrup(can be substituted with the same amount of honey or sugar), and stir-fry until the liquid is gone.

Tear 10 basil leaves and add them, then add about 1g of bonito flakes (about the size of a ping-pong ball) as a secret ingredient.

Adding bonito flakes deepens the layers of umami and makes it taste so much better.

Stir everything together quickly and it's done.

After serving the ground meat over rice, let's make fried eggs in the same pan after quickly wiping off the dirt with a paper towel.

Add 1 tbsp of oil, heat it up, and crack the eggs in.The yolks can be mostly raw.

Mmm... this is delicious!
The bonito flakes quietly exert their power, making it a rich and tasty Gapao rice.

For a side dish, I added some carrot rabe I had in the fridge. It's really helpful to have things pre-made for times like this...!

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