Grilled Squid Tentacles Dressed in Peanut Butter

Chef: Sōma Yukihira
In the manga: One-shot, Chapter 1
In the anime: Episode 1
Cuisine and type: Original, Failed Dish

Grilled Squid Tentacles Dressed in Peanut Butter is a dish made by Sōma Yukihira before his 489th cooking duel against Jōichirō Yukihira, that Sōma forcibly fed to Mayumi Kurase.

Because of his "unique" sense of creativity, Sōma has experimented with some of the most bizarre food combinations. One of them was this failure of a dish; a culinary disaster which leaves whoever tastes it feeling like they have been groped by a giant squid. A single bite will give you traumatic nightmares. You have been warned.

Trivia

This is the very first failed dish to be shown in the manga series, the one-shot, and the anime adaptation.
It is the first dish to have a visual image generated from eating it.
It is the first dish to be shown having an alternate variation: Grilled Squid Tentacles Dressed in Honey.
The victims of this dish and its honey variation are all of Soma's friends. Mayumi Kurase for the peanut butter version, Megumi Tadokoro for the honey and yogurt version, Shoji Sato for the honey version. In addtion, Erina Nakiri, Ikumi Mito, Takumi Aldini, Isami Aldini, Ibusaki Shun, Yoshino Yuki, Sakaki Ryoko, Hayama Akira, Kurokiba Ryo, Alice Nakiri, Megumi Tadokoro and Hisako Arato with the version of coffee + habanero peppers+sour and sweet meat+basil vesion at the end of the manga.
This dish ranked 9th in the first dish popularity poll with 296 votes.

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

Recipe

Wiki recipe, completed by Totsuki AI

Grilled Squid Tentacles Dressed in Peanut Butter

A canonical Yukihira "failed dish" — included for completeness (the honey and yogurt variations are listed as optional)

Difficulty
Total time: 7 min
Hands-on: 7 min
Cost: ¥¥¥¥
Servings: 1

Equipmentgrill pan or toaster oven

Tastesweet, smoky

Ingredients

≈ amount estimated by Totsuki AI.

40 g dried squid tentacles, surume (amount estimated)
2 tbsp peanut butter (amount estimated)
1 tsp honey — optional (amount estimated)
1 tbsp yogurt — optional (amount estimated)

Method

+ step written by Totsuki AI.

1
Grill the dried squid tentacles for 2–3 minutes until they curl and smell toasty.+
2
Spread or dip with the peanut butter (or honey or yogurt, for the "alternatives") and serve.+

Tips

This is famously a failure in the series — the one Sōma feeds to Mayumi. Make it as a joke, not as dinner.