The most common way of making Tendon is to top a bowl of rice with a variety of tenpura and pour salty-sweet sauce over it; however, there are other methods, including flavoring the tenpura instead of pouring sauce on it or just sprinkling a bit of salt over the tenpura.
最も一般的な調理法は丼飯に数種類の天ぷらを載せて甘辛い丼汁（タレ）をかけた物であるが、タレをかけずに天ぷらを軽く煮付けてのせるものや、塩をかけるものもある。