Sweet Potato Rice さつまいもご飯

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cup uncooked rice
• 1 sweet potato (*1 )
• 1/1/2 cup water for cooking rice
• 2 tablespoon cooking sake
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black sesame seeds salt (*2)

Instructions

1. 1

   Wash the rice in cold water until the water runs clear.

2. 2

   Place the washed rice in a rice cooker or large pot with 1½ cup of water to let the rice soak for 30 minutes.

3. 3

   Wash and cut the sweet potato into small cubes. *3

4. 4

   Soak the cut sweet potato cubes in a bowl with plenty of water. *4

5. 5

   pour and stir: Pour in the cooking sake and salt in to the rice cooker/pot and stir.

6. 6

   drain and add: Drain the soaking water of the sweet potato cubes and add the cubed sweet potato on top of the rice in the rice cooker/pot.

7. 7

   start: If using a rice cooker, simply close the lid and start the rice cooker cycle. *5

8. 8

   let it steam: Once the rice is cooked, keep the lid on and let it steam for an additional 10 minutes.

9. 9

   mix throughout: After steaming, gently fluff the rice with a rice paddle, mixing the sweet potato cubes throughout.

10. 10

    Serve hot into a rice bowl and sprinkle gomashio (black sesame seeds salt) over the rice.