Hey everyone, it is Brad, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, japanese chestnut rice. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.
Kurigohan (Japanese Chestnut Rice) Here we introduce a common recipe that symbolizes autumn in Japan. Kuri, or Japanese chestnut, can be boiled and eaten out of the shell or cooked with rice as in this recipe. The kuri adds a hint of sweet taste to the rice, and its bright yellow color makes a beautiful presentation that reminds us of fall. Chestnut rice or Kuri Gohan is a traditional Japanese fall rice recipe.
Japanese Chestnut Rice is one of the most well liked of current trending foods on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They are fine and they look wonderful. Japanese Chestnut Rice is something that I’ve loved my whole life.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook japanese chestnut rice using 8 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Japanese Chestnut Rice:
- Get 13-16 pieces Chestnuts (cooked)
- Get 2 cups Japanese sweet rice (Japanese measuring cup)
- Take 1 cup Regular Japanese rice (Japanese measuring cup)
- Get ………………………………………………………………………………..
- Get 1 Tbsp Soy sauce
- Get 2 Tbsp Mirin (sweet sake)
- Take 1/2 tsp Salt
- Make ready 2 3/4 cups Water
Japanese chestnut rice (kuri gohan 栗ご飯) is seasoned to perfection and cooked with fresh chestnuts nestled into the grains. The flavour is rich and nutty - perfect for a unique winter side dish. I first heard of this dish through a good friend of mine who used to live in Toronto, but returned to live in Japan again. Put the rice, water, mirin, soy sauce, and salt into your pot or rice cooker, add the chestnuts, and then place a piece of konbu on top of everything.
Instructions to make Japanese Chestnut Rice:
- Cook the fresh chestnuts and peel off the skins. I normally boil them first for 3 minutes and then I roast them in the oven for 5 more minutes.
- Wash the Japanese sweet rice and regular rice put it into the bowl for the rice cooker.
- Add soy sauce, mirin, salt, water, cooked chestnuts.
- Turn on the rice cooker.
- About 20 minutes later, it looks like this.
- Mix it and you are ready to serve.
I first heard of this dish through a good friend of mine who used to live in Toronto, but returned to live in Japan again. Put the rice, water, mirin, soy sauce, and salt into your pot or rice cooker, add the chestnuts, and then place a piece of konbu on top of everything. Cook the rice as you would white rice. To cook in a rice cooker: after all the ingredients have been placed in the cooker, close the lid firmly, and press the button to start the cooker. Cook the fresh chestnuts and peel off the skins.
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