Japanese Beef Steak Don

Name: Japanese Beef Steak Don
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz); Yellow onion ½, peeled and sliced; Beef steak 2 slices, can be 100–200 g (3½–7 oz) each; Koikuchi soy sauce 2 Tbsp; Fuji apple 1, peeled and grated; Mirin 2 Tbsp; Small green peppers (shishitogarashi) for garnishing; Vegetable oil 2 tsp; Yellow onion ½, peeled and grated; Salt (optional) for seasoning; Ground black pepper for seasoning; Grain vinegar (kokumotsu su) 1 tsp; Sake 1 Tbsp; Johakuto sugar 1 tsp; Unsalted butter 10 g (⅓ oz)

Bifuteki Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

Juicy beef and savoury onion soy sauce go absolutely well with fragrant steamed rice. If possible, use wagyu beef, which works best for this dish.

Ingredients

Beef steak 2 slices, can be 100–200 g (3½–7 oz) each

Asia
Japan
Main course
Lunch

Method

Leave beef at room temperature for 2 hours.
Soak onion slices in water for 15 minutes. Drain and scatter over rice. Set aside.
Prepare sauce. Heat onion, koikuchi soy sauce, mirin, sake, grated apple and sugar in a pot. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for 10 minutes until the liquid is reduced by half. Add butter, grain vinegar and pepper. Season