Chaliapin Steak Don

Also called Chaliapin Steak Donburi

Chef: Sōma Yukihira
In the manga: Chapter 13
In the anime: Episode 7
Cuisine and type: Japanese, Japanese Steak, Donburi

Chaliapin Steak Don is a dish made by Sōma Yukihira for his first Shokugeki against Ikumi Mito.

The dish is exclusively made by Sōma combined with the Japanese original dish, the Chaliapin Steak, and the donburi concept for his first Shokugeki. Although the dish was made with cheap ingredients that can be found in a supermarket, the meal focused on both innovation and balance of the ingredients to fulfill the donburi mantra, "Dons are completed in one bowl."

Real-world dishes

Real facts

The Chaliapin Steak is an original Japanese steak. It is a dish made in 1936 for the Russian opera singer Feodor Chaliapin when he visited Japan. At the time, he was suffering from toothaches and said, "I want to eat a tender steak." This dish was devised to answer his request.
Donburi (丼, literally "bowl", also frequently abbreviated as "don", less commonly spelled "domburi") is a Japanese "rice bowl dish" consisting of fish, meat, vegetables, or other ingredients simmered together and served over rice. Donburi meals are served in oversized rice bowls also called donburi. Donburi are sometimes called sweetened or savory stews on rice.

Trivia

This dish ranked 4th in the first dish popularity poll with 415 votes.

Dish details from the Shokugeki no Sōma Wiki (CC BY-SA).

Recipe

Official manga recipe

Yukihira-Style Chaliapin Steak Bowl

Difficulty
Total time: 1 h
Hands-on: 1 h
Cost: ¥¥¥¥
Servings: 2

Equipmentfrying pan

Tastetangy, comforting

Ingredients

2 sirloin steaks
1½ onions
2 bowls rice
1 tbsp pickled-plum paste
Potato starch, to taste

Sauce

4 tbsp red wine
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp butter

Garnish

Chopped green onions, to taste

Method

1
Mince the onions. Trim the fat off the steak and using a meat tenderizer, tenderize the steaks well. Afterwards, cover the steaks with the minced onion all over the surface and let the onions sit on the steaks for 30 minutes. Then remove the onions (do NOT throw them away) and season the steaks with salt and pepper.
2
Melt 1 tbsp of butter in a skillet and saute the minced onions. Season with salt and pepper, and then move them to a plate.
3
Melt the remaining butter in a frying pan and cook the steaks until they are brown on both sides and transfer to a plate.
4
Now make the sauce by adding red wine to the same skillet and mix it with the meat juices from the previous step. Once it has reduced, add the minced onions and saute them once more. Add soy sauce and use potato starch as needed to thicken the sauce.
5
Mix the pickled-plum paste with the cooked rice and divide them into two bowls. Place the steaks into each bowl and pour the sauce over each steak. Garnish with chopped green onions, and you’re done!