andrejthechef
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Goku's Tournament Feast

A mountain of rice, grilled meat and sides, built to match Goku's legendary, world-famous appetite in Dragon Ball.

prep
30 min
cook
40 min
total
1 h 10 min
serves
4
level
medium
Goku's Tournament Feast, from Dragon Ball

Goku's enormous, cheerfully bottomless appetite is one of the most well-loved running traits in Dragon Ball, and the tournament feast spreads drawn around him are piled high with rice, grilled meat and sides to match it.

This one is meant to look like genuinely too much food for one table, built from a mix of grilled and roasted proteins around a mountain of plain rice, the way the show draws it rather than scaled down to a sensible portion.

Part of our 60 famous foods from movies and TV list.

method

  1. Mix the soy sauce, mirin, garlic, ginger and sesame oil for the marinade. Marinate the beef or pork for at least 1 hour.

  2. Roast or grill the chicken pieces until fully cooked and well browned.

  3. Grill the marinated beef or pork over high heat, in batches, until charred outside and cooked to your liking inside.

  4. Steam the vegetables until tender.

  5. Pile the cooked rice generously onto large platters or individual bowls.

  6. Arrange the grilled meats, roasted chicken and steamed vegetables around and on top of the rice, building it as tall and generous as the table will hold.

  7. Serve with pickled vegetables and miso soup alongside, and expect everything to disappear fast.

chef's tips

  • Build this one genuinely oversized; the whole point of a feast tied to Goku is a volume of food that looks almost unreasonable for one person, let alone a table.
  • Marinating the meat properly before grilling is what gives this the deep, savory flavor that holds up against that much plain rice.
  • In Dragon Ball, Goku's enormous appetite is a running, well-loved character trait, and tournament feast spreads in the series are drawn piled high with rice, meat and side dishes to match it.
  • A mix of grilling and roasting different proteins, rather than making one dish in a huge quantity, keeps this feeling like a proper spread rather than a single oversized plate.