A comforting and healthy dish all made in the rice cooker. Perfect for a work night meal or make it into onigiri (rice balls) for a quick lunch for the kids.
What is Takikomi Gohan?
Takikomi Gohan are Japanese mixed rice dishes where the ingredients are often cooked along with the rice. The rice can be made in a traditional donabe or in an electric rice cooker.
The trend of Rice Cooker Meals
Recently on social media, rice cooker meals have been taking over. These are dishes or meals that are similar (or the same) as takikomi gohan as all the ingredients are placed into the rice cooker with the uncooked rice and then cooked together.
These dishes make for easy meals and easy cleanup since they are all in one pot.
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Salmon Mushroom Rice / 鮭ときのこの炊き込みごはん
Ingredients
- 2 c uncooked Japanese rice rice cooker cups
- 1 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 1 tbsp sake
- 1 tsp dashi granules
- shimeji mushrooms
- 1/2 lb salmon fillet deboned
- 1-2 tbsp butter
- green onions or shiso for topping
Instructions
- Wash the rice and place it in rice cooker
- Add soy sauce, mirin, sake, and dashi granules to the rice.
- Fill the rice cooker with water up to the 2 cup line. Give the rice and seasonings a quick mix.
- Break up cleaned mushrooms over the top of the rice
- Place salmon fillet on top of the mushrooms
- Close and cook begin the rice cooker (normal setting is fine)
- When the rice cooker is done cooking, open the rice cooker and add the butter.
- Mix everything up well.
- Serve and top with any topping of your choice (like green onions or shiso). Enjoy!
