Authorayana
DifficultyIntermediate

Takikomi gohan is a Japanese mixed rice seasoned with dashi, sake, soy sauce and salt . This recipe shows how to make it with standard ingredients includes chicken, carrot and some mushrooms. I love ginger, so I put a plenty of it in takikomi gohan, so please adjust the amount of it to taste.

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Yields1 Serving
Prep Time30 minsCook Time40 minsTotal Time1 hr 10 mins
Prepare of rice
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Wash the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes.

Prepare of ingredients
2

Shred the ginger.

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Cut the carrot into 3cm julienne strips.

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Cut the hard bottom of shimeji mushroom, and divide it into small bunches.

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Cut the shiitake mushrooms into 3 mm slices (If your shiitake mushroom is big, cut the half, then slice).

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Cut the eringi mushroom in half crosswise, then cut them into 3 mm slices.

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Remove the excess fat and tendon of chicken, and cut it into small bite-size pieces. Sprinkle them with some salt.

Cook rice
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Drain water from the rice. Pour all seasonings and katuo dashi in a pot, and mix them well.

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Add ingredients in the order of rice, chicken, carrot, mushrooms and half of shredded ginger to the pot. Heat on high medium heat without a lid.

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When it boils, mix it.

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Cover and cook over low heat for 12 minutes.

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After turning off the heat, transfer the pot from the stove to other place. Let it leave for 10 minutes.

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Add the shredded ginger, and stir from below.

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Serve it, and sprinkle Japanese leek on it.

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Ingredients

Directions

Prepare of rice
1
takikomi-gohan-step-1

Wash the rice and soak it in water for 30 minutes.

Prepare of ingredients
2

Shred the ginger.

3
takikomi-gohan-step-3

Cut the carrot into 3cm julienne strips.

4
takikomi-gohan-step-4

Cut the hard bottom of shimeji mushroom, and divide it into small bunches.

5
takikomi-gohan-step-5

Cut the shiitake mushrooms into 3 mm slices (If your shiitake mushroom is big, cut the half, then slice).

6
takikomi-gohan-step-6

Cut the eringi mushroom in half crosswise, then cut them into 3 mm slices.

7
takikomi-gohan-step-7

Remove the excess fat and tendon of chicken, and cut it into small bite-size pieces. Sprinkle them with some salt.

Cook rice
8
takikomi-gohan-step-8

Drain water from the rice. Pour all seasonings and katuo dashi in a pot, and mix them well.

9
takikomi-gohan-step-9

Add ingredients in the order of rice, chicken, carrot, mushrooms and half of shredded ginger to the pot. Heat on high medium heat without a lid.

10
takikomi-gohan-step-10

When it boils, mix it.

11
takikomi-gohan-step-11

Cover and cook over low heat for 12 minutes.

12
takikomi-gohan-step-12

After turning off the heat, transfer the pot from the stove to other place. Let it leave for 10 minutes.

13
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Add the shredded ginger, and stir from below.

14
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Serve it, and sprinkle Japanese leek on it.

Japanese Mixed Rice (Takikomi Gohan)