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!

📝 Ingredients

• 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. 130 min prior to cooking, wash the rice a few times and let the rice soak in water for at least 30 minutes. *5
2. 2Meanwhile, cut the chicken into about 1 cm sized dice, and slice the carrot, deep fried tofu, and konnyaku. *6
3. 3Set the chopped ingredients aside.
4. 4Drain the rice and place it in the rice cooker.
5. 5Add 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. 6Place 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. 7After 15-20 minutes, turn the heat off and let it stand for further 10 minutes without opening the lid to steam cook.
8. 8Open the lid and turn the rice and ingredients to spread evenly and also let the excess moisture evaporate.
9. 9Serve the seasoned rice in a rice bowl.