Ingredients:
1 cup of mayonnaise
0.5 cup of honey
0.25 cup of finely chopped white onions
0.25 cup of white wine vinegar
3 tablespoons of Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons of fine parsley
Salt
Black pepper
Instructions:
1) Just one step - blend everything until it is smooth.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Chaliapin Steak
Chaliapin Steaks (Serves 2)
Ingredients:
2 sirloin steaks
1 whole white onion, chopped into fine bits
1 clove of garlic, chopped into fine bits
2 tablespoons of butter
35ml of mirin
35ml of soya sauce
0.5 teaspoon of white vinegar
Parsley
Sea salt
Black pepper
Instructions:
1) Use the back of the knife to dig some net lines on the steak.
2) Pound the steak to stretch and tenderise it.
3) Season both sides of the steak with some sea salt and black pepper.
4) Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet under low heat, then add the onion and garlic. Fry it for around 4 to 5 minutes until it turns slightly brown.
5) Add the mirin and soya sauce and cook for another half a minute, then add the vinegar. After a while, transfer the mixture to a separate bowl.
6) Melt 1 tablespoon of butter under medium heat, then fry the steaks. Fry it for 1 min 45 seconds on each side (for medium rare), then remove.
7) Add the onion mixture back and fry it with the steak's juices for just a while.
8) Top the steaks with the onion mixture, add the parsley on top, and serve.
1) They left the raw chopped onion on the steak first before seasoning it with salt and pepper
2) They fried the steak first, then used the juices to fry the onion
Will try their version again soon and see if it's better!
I first read about this from the manga Shokugeki no Soma, and seeing that it was made from cheap ingredients (the main character used discounted beef steaks from the supermarket and won against his opponent, who used grade A5 beef), I decided to give it a try. I searched for a full recipe online though (instead of following the manga) and modified it slightly.
Why is it called Chaliapin? Well, in 1932, the Russian opera singer, Feodor Ivanich Chaliapin, was touring Japan when he suffered a toothache. He requested for a tender steak, and this dish was created for him. Thereafter, it became known as the Chaliapin Steak.
Ingredients:
2 sirloin steaks
1 whole white onion, chopped into fine bits
1 clove of garlic, chopped into fine bits
2 tablespoons of butter
35ml of mirin
35ml of soya sauce
0.5 teaspoon of white vinegar
Parsley
Sea salt
Black pepper
Instructions:
1) Use the back of the knife to dig some net lines on the steak.
2) Pound the steak to stretch and tenderise it.
3) Season both sides of the steak with some sea salt and black pepper.
4) Melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a skillet under low heat, then add the onion and garlic. Fry it for around 4 to 5 minutes until it turns slightly brown.
5) Add the mirin and soya sauce and cook for another half a minute, then add the vinegar. After a while, transfer the mixture to a separate bowl.
6) Melt 1 tablespoon of butter under medium heat, then fry the steaks. Fry it for 1 min 45 seconds on each side (for medium rare), then remove.
7) Add the onion mixture back and fry it with the steak's juices for just a while.
8) Top the steaks with the onion mixture, add the parsley on top, and serve.
The steaks turned out really delicious! After taking a closer look at the manga, I realised that some steps were different, namely:
1) They left the raw chopped onion on the steak first before seasoning it with salt and pepper
2) They fried the steak first, then used the juices to fry the onion
Will try their version again soon and see if it's better!
Wednesday, April 2, 2014
D-I-Y lah
I had lunch with a friend recently, and she mentioned that just several days ago, she was taking a taxi with her two kids. The taxi driver appeared to be rather odd and eccentric - his driving was a bit unsteady, he didn't seem to have his eyes on the road most of the time, and he kept on having his head bowed down, as if he was doing something at his waist level (she suspected that he was peeing into a bottle, but also clarified that there was no pee smell in the taxi).
My friend said she was terrified. Not just for herself, but for her kids. So I asked if she tried talking to the taxi driver to capture his attention.
"No I didn't! I refuse to speak to him, he is such a weirdo!" she cried.
"Then what did you do?" I asked.
"I prayed."
Somewhere at the back of my mind, I felt like telling her off. When you are able to try something to alleviate the situation, why not do it yourself? Don't just pray and push everything to your God!
If I were God, I would definitely be damn pissed and wish that humans would just stop pushing every little trivial thing to me.
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