Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice
Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice

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Add to the rice cooker bowl and add enough water to just cover. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, luo han guo and cinnamon. These amounts are will give you the typical Korean flavor (rich!), so reduce the amounts of the seasons for a milder version. While the rice is soaking, prepare a bowl or a container to mix the other ingredients.

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To begin with this recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can cook yaksik - traditional korean sweet rice using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice:
  1. Get 1 kg mochi rice (sticky rice/glutinous rice)
  2. Prepare 3 Tbsp soy sauce
  3. Make ready 2 Tbsp sesame oil
  4. Prepare 2 Tbsp salt
  5. Prepare 50 grams luo han guo
  6. Make ready 30 grams beet sugar or brown sugar
  7. Make ready 1 dash cinnamon
  8. Prepare 15 peeled sweet chestnuts
  9. Make ready 70 grams pine nuts
  10. Take Dates or other dried fruits

Many Koreans eat Yaksik as a healthy alternative to cookies and chips. It's often served at weddings and parties. And it also can be an excellent alternative to granola bars. In traditional Korean cuisine, honey was commonly referred to as medicine or "yak"(약) for its health benefits.

Steps to make Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice:
  1. Rinse the mochi sticky rice and pre-soak overnight or for at least 5 hours.
  2. The following day, drain it in a fine mesh sieve.
  3. Add to the rice cooker bowl and add enough water to just cover.
  4. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, luo han guo and cinnamon. These amounts are will give you the typical Korean flavor (rich!), so reduce the amounts of the seasons for a milder version.
  5. While the rice is soaking, prepare a bowl or a container to mix the other ingredients. It is common to add chestnuts, pine nuts, and jujubes, but you could also use dried fruit and nuts.
  6. Dry roast the pine nuts in a frying pan.
  7. Cut the chestnuts in half, then remove them from their shells. It is easy to peel the chestnuts if you first cut them in half with a knife, make a small cut with scissors, then peel. Remove the inner skins, too.
  8. Add the dried fruit of your choice to the rice cooker and mix them into the rice. Top the mixture with the chestnuts and the pine nuts. Set the rice cooker to the "mochi rice" setting and cook.
  9. It's done…
  10. Let the rice steam a bit. It should look like this when mixed.
  11. Pack the sweet mochi rice into a container or cake pan (to make it easier to serve).
  12. Cut the rice into desired sizes, then serve.
  13. If you don't plan to serve it right away, cover it with plastic wrap and freeze. Defrost at room temperature before serving.

And it also can be an excellent alternative to granola bars. In traditional Korean cuisine, honey was commonly referred to as medicine or "yak"(약) for its health benefits. This rice cake is also called yakbap (약밥), which literally means "medicinal rice." Yaksik is sweet and nutty with a hint of a caramel-like taste. There are so many varieties to choose from, but this version, yaksik or Korean sweet rice dessert, is one of my all-time favorites. Yaksik is made with sweet rice that's mixed with dried fruits and nuts.

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