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Takikomi Gohan
This Takikomi Gohan, also known as Gomoku Gohan, is a mixed vegetable and mushroom rice that's like a Japanese-style pilaf. It's plant-based, making it vegan and vegetarian friendly, but it's packed with umami thanks to the addition of a few ingredients like shiitake mushrooms, konbu cha, and sake.
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Additional Time
2 hrs 30 mins
Servings:
4
servings
Calories:
354 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 2 cups water
- 10 grams dried shiitake mushrooms (2 large mushrooms)
- 310 grams Japanese short-grain rice (1.5 US cups of rice or 2 rice cooker cups)
- 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 50 grams carrot cut into thin matchsticks
- 50 grams maitake mushrooms (stem discarded, and caps sliced thinly)
- 50 grams burdock root cut sasagaki - see video for technique
- 1 heet aburaage (deep fried tofu sheets, chopped)
- ¼ cup sake
- 2 tablespoons soy sauce
- 2 teaspoons cane sugar evaporated
- 1 teaspoon konbu cha
- mitsuba (for garnish)
Instructions
- Soak the shiitake mushrooms in 2 cups of water for at least 1 hour.
- When the mushrooms are rehydrated, squeeze any excess liquid out of them and trim off and discard the stems. Slice the caps up thinly and set the mushrooms aside and soaking liquid aside.
- Wash the rice until the water runs clear. Drain it well and add it to a deep, heavy-bottomed pot such as a Dutch oven.
- Measure 1 ¾ cups of the shiitake stock into the pot with the rice. Let it soak for at least 30 minutes.
- In a frying pan over medium-high heat, add the vegetable oil, along with the shiitake, carrots, maitake, burdock, and aburaage. Stir-fry until the ingredients have halved in volume.
- Add the sake, soy sauce, sugar, and konbu cha, and continue stir-frying until most of the liquid has evaporated from the pan.
- Dump the veggie and mushroom mixture over the rice, cover the pot with a lid, and bring the pot to a boil over high heat.
- When you see steam escaping from the lid, turn down the heat to low and set a timer for 12 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, turn off the heat, and let the pot rest undisturbed for another 10 minutes to allow the rice to steam.
- When the timer is up, open the lid and fold the Takikomi Gohan together with the mushrooms and vegetables.
- Garnish with mitsuba, scallions, or sesame seeds and serve.
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Nutrition Information
Calories
354kcal
(18%)
Carbohydrates
74g
(25%)
Protein
8g
(16%)
Fat
1g
(2%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
1g
(6%)
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Sodium
529mg
(22%)
Potassium
270mg
(6%)
Fiber
4g
(16%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
2095IU
(42%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
31mg
(3%)
Iron
4mg
(22%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4 servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 354
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 354kcal | 18% |
| Carbohydrates | 74g | 25% |
| Protein | 8g | 16% |
| Fat | 1g | 2% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1g | 6% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Sodium | 529mg | 22% |
| Potassium | 270mg | 6% |
| Fiber | 4g | 16% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 2095IU | 42% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 31mg | 3% |
| Iron | 4mg | 22% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.