Wagyū Steak Don (Wagyū Steak on Rice)
Wagyū Steak Don is a very simple domburi (rice bowl dish) recipe with marbled fine Wagyū beef steak and a tasty sauce poured over it. The slightly sweet soy-based sauce with complex flavours goes so well with the steak.Don't forget to see the section 'MEAL IDEAS' below the recipe card! It gives you a list of dishes that I have already posted and this recipe that can make up a complete meal. I hope it is of help to you.
- Prep time
- 5 min
- Cook time
- 15 min
- Yield
- 2 servings
- Difficulty
- HARD
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 240g / 0.5lb Wagyū beef steak ((about 2cm / ¾" thick, note 1))
- Salt and pepper
- Oil or a piece of fat from Wagyū beef ((note 2))
- ¼-½ tsp grated garlic
- ½ tsp grated ginger
- 1 tsp grated onion
- 1¼ tbsp soy sauce
- 1½ tbsp sake
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp apple juice
- ½ tbsp sugar
- 2 tsp roasted white sesame seeds (, ground finely (note 3))
- 150g / 5.3oz cooked rice per serving
- Finely chopped green onion or green leaf sprouts
Instructions
- 1
Take the beef steak out of the fridge at least 30 minutes (preferably 1 hour) prior to cooking (to bring it to room temperature).
- 2
Heat a heavy-bottomed frying pan or a skillet over low to medium low to low heat. Grease lightly with oil or melt a piece of beef fat if you have one (note 5).
- 3
Sprinkle salt and pepper lightly on one side of the steak, then immediately place the steak on the skillet, seasoned side down.
- 4
Cook the meat for 30 seconds, then use a spatula to turn it over. Cook for 30 seconds.
- 5
Turn the steak over again and cook for 15-20 seconds, then turn it over.
- 6
Repeat cooking for 5-10 seconds and turning over several times until the steak is cooked to medium (note 6).
- 7
Transfer the meat to a cutting board and rest for 5-10 minutes, loosely covered with aluminium foil.
- 8
Add all the Sauce ingredients, excluding ground sesame seeds, to the frying pan without wiping off the oil of the steak (oil has a great flavour) and bring it to a boil.
- 9
Reduce the heat to simmer and cook for a minute. Then turn the heat off.
- 10
Put the sauce through a sieve to remove the grated vegetables.
- 11
Add ground sesame seeds to the sauce and mix well.
- 12
Cut the steak at an angle into 0.7-1cm / ¼-⅜" thick slices. The width of the slice should be about 2-2.5cm / ¾-1".
- 13
Put 1 serving of rice in a bowl and spread the sliced beef over the rice. Pour 2 tbsp of sauce over the steak and sprinkle green onions over.