鉄火丼, a type of donburi, is a Japanese rice dish topped with thin-sliced raw tuna sashimi. Spicy tekkadon is made with what can be a mix of spicy ingredients, a spicy orange sauce, or both, usually incorporating spring onions.
Name
The term
tekka in the name derives from the gambling rooms (
tekkaba) where the dish was commonly served from the end of the
Edo period to the start of the
Meiji period of Japan's history.
It is also called maguro-don, meaning "tuna bowl".
Variations
A similar dish made with salmon sashimi is called
sakedon.
Gallery
File:Tekka don, tuna over sushi rice - Massachusetts.jpg
File:海峡荘 - panoramio.jpg
File:Kanazawa, Ishikawa (50762130826).jpg
File:Maguro-don.jpg
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