Us Americans have this bad habit of taking cuisines from other cultures and adapting them to become more similar to the Standard American Diet (aka: SAD... quite literally!). Exhibit A: the Japanese steakhouse.

The Japanese have consistently been considered one of the healthiest people groups on the planet for decades and while a night out at a hibachi restaurant always makes for a fun evening, it usually leaves me feeling sick and bloated until the next day. So, I decided to take my old favorite part of the hibachi experience (fried rice, of course!) and make it a little more like the healthiest people on the planet would based on their diet. By the way, besides a little fresh seafood, these people eat a mostly plant-based, dairy-free diet, and that can be said for pretty much all of the people groups listed in the article I linked.

But enough rambling....

This dish truly is SO satisfying and doesn't come with the aftermath of a high-fat and sodium fueled meal as it's made in the Japanese steakhouses. This dish may not come with the corny jokes and onion volcanoes, but I think we can make do without them (unless you feel confident in your stand-up and controlling small fires)!