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Sweet Potato Rice Recipe
Aromatic, tender, and filling sweet potato rice. This sweet potato rice recipe offers a delicious blend of fluffy, slightly sticky, short grain rice combined with golden sweet potato chunks.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Additional Time
10 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
4
serves
Calories:
232 kcal
Course:
Side Dish, Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
For the Rice
- 275 grams sweet potato 9.70 ounces
- 1 ½ cups short grain white rice such as sushi rice, rinsed and drained, 340 grams, 12 ounces
- 1 ½ teaspoon kosher salt or to taste, or sea salt, 6 grams 0.21 ounces
- 1 tablespoon sake 15 ml/grams, 0.53 ounces
- 1 ½ tablespoon mirin 25 ml/grams, 0.89 ounces
- 2 ¼ cups water 562 ml/grams, 19.82 ounces
Sesame Salt
- 2 teaspoon sesame seed black or white, toasted, 25 grams, 0.89 ounces
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt or sea salt
Instructions
- Wash the sweet potatoes in room temperature water. Once washed, leave the skin on and cut into cubes about 2 cm (0.75 inches) thick. Soak the sweet potato in cold water until ready to use.
- Place the rinsed and drained rice in a medium sized saucepan. Add the salt, sake, mirin, and water. Mix together. Taste for seasoning. Add more salt if desired.
- Drain the sweet potatoes and place on top of the rice in an even layer.
- Place saucepan on the stovetop over medium high heat and bring to a boil. Once at a boil, reduce the heat to low and gently stir the rice. Cover with a lid and cook for a further 20 minutes. Turn off heat, remove from stove, and allow rice to rest for 10 to 15 minutes.
- While the rice is resting, combine the toasted sesame seeds and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
- Once rested, fluff the rice. Serve, sprinkled with some sesame salt.
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Nutrition Information
Serving
1 serve
Calories
232kcal
(12%)
Carbohydrates
43g
(14%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
337mg
(14%)
Potassium
55mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
5g
(10%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 serves
Amount Per Serving
Calories 232
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1 serve | |
| Calories | 232kcal | 12% |
| Carbohydrates | 43g | 14% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 337mg | 14% |
| Potassium | 55mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 5g | 10% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.