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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
5 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 (9.70 ounces) sweet potato
  • 1 ½ cups (340 grams, 12 ounces) short grain white rice such as sushi rice, rinsed and drained
  • 1 ½ teaspoon (6 grams, 0.21 ounces) kosher salt or sea salt or to taste
  • 1 tablespoon (15 ml/grams, 0.53 ounces) sake
  • 1 ½ tablespoon (25 ml/grams, 0.89 ounces) mirin
  • 2 ¼ cups (562 ml/grams, 19.82 ounces) water
Sesame Salt
  • 2 teaspoon (25 grams, 0.89 ounces) sesame seeds black or white, toasted
  • ½ teaspoon Kosher salt or sea salt

Instructions

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  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. Drain the sweet potatoes and place on top of the rice in an even layer.
  4. 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.
  5. While the rice is resting, combine the toasted sesame seeds and salt in a small bowl. Set aside.
  6. Once rested, fluff the rice. Serve, sprinkled with some sesame salt.

Nutrition Information

Serving 1 serve Calories 232kcal (12%) Carbohydrates 43g (14%) Protein 4g (8%) Fat 4g (6%) Polyunsaturated Fat 1g Monounsaturated Fat 1g Sodium 337mg (14%) Potassium 55mg (2%) Fiber 1g (4%) Sugar 5g (10%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 4serves

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.