Seasoned Rice with Japanese Flavour 炊き込みご飯
Seasoned Rice with Japanese flavour recipe. It is simple and easy to make yet you can create a delicately flavoured dericious rice!
- Prep time
- 30 min
- Cook time
- 30 min
- Yield
- 6 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 400g/14oz short grain white rice (2cups) (*1 )
- 150g/5oz g Chicken meat (2 chicken tenders strips) (*2)
- 30g/1oz g carrot (1/4 cup chopped carrot)
- 1 sheet deep fried tofu (It is also called "Aburaage" (*3 )
- 1/4 piece Konnyaku (konjac) (*3)
- 410ml/14floz Dashi stock (1 & 2/3 cups + 2 tsp)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbs soy sauce (*4)
- 2 tbs sake (*4)
- 2 tbs mirin (*4)
- 1 tbs sugar
Instructions
- 1
30 min prior to cooking, wash the rice a few times and let the rice soak in water for at least 30 minutes. *5
- 2
Meanwhile, cut the chicken into about 1 cm sized dice, and slice the carrot, deep fried tofu, and konnyaku. *6
- 3
Set the chopped ingredients aside.
- 4
Drain the rice and place it in the rice cooker.
- 5
Add all the seasonings in a measuring cup and add water to make a total of 2 cups (that is, the water and the seasoning should together equal 2 cups) and pour onto the rice in the rice cooker. *7
- 6
Place the rice cooker over high heat. When it boils, turn the heat down to low-medium with the lid on. From this point forward, do not open the lid and cook a further 15-20 minutes.
- 7
After 15-20 minutes, turn the heat off and let it stand for further 10 minutes without opening the lid to steam cook.
- 8
Open the lid and turn the rice and ingredients to spread evenly and also let the excess moisture evaporate.
- 9
Serve the seasoned rice in a rice bowl.