Kuri Gohan (Chestnut Rice)

Name: Kuri Gohan (Chestnut Rice)
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Yield: Serves 3–4
Ingredients: Peeled roasted chestnuts About 100 g; Toasted black sesame seeds A pinch; Rice (uncooked) 2 rice cups (360 ml); Water Up to the 2-cup line in the rice cooker; Sake (Japanese rice wine) 2 tbsp; Salt 2/3 tsp

🌱 VeganNo meat, fish, eggs, dairy, honey or bonito dashi 🎍 Special days

Serves 3–4 · About 1 hr 20 min (Of this, 30 min is soaking the rice and about 45 min is the rice cooker)
Uses store-bought peeled roasted chestnuts, so there is no chestnut peeling.

① Wash the rice→② Prepare the chestnuts→③ Cook with seasonings and water→④ Let steam and mix

What to buy

Snacks & dry goods

Peeled roasted chestnutsBagged ones with the shells already removedAbout 100 gToasted black sesame seedsA pinch

Check what you already have

Rice (uncooked)2 rice cups (360 ml)WaterUp to the 2-cup line in the rice cookerSake (Japanese rice wine)2 tbspSalt2/3 tsp

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How to make it

Wash the rice and soak 30 min

About 5 min + soak 30 min

Measure 2 rice cups of rice with the measuring cup and put in a bowl
Add water, stir lightly, and pour the water out right away
Gently stir with your hand about 20 times, then add water and pour it out. Repeat this 3 times
Drain in a colander and put in the inner pot of the rice cooker. Add water up to the 2-cup line and let sit 30 min (you will adjust this water later)

How to tell it's doneThe rice turns whitish and plumps up.

Prepare the chestnuts

About 2 min

Take the chestnuts out of the bag and spread them on a plate
Cut big ones in half on a cutting board

How to tell it's doneThe chestnuts are all about the same size.

Cook with seasonings and water

Rice cooker, regular settingAbout 45 min

Remove just 2 tbsp of the water you added in step 1 with a spoon (to make room for the sake)
Add 2 tbsp sake and 2/3 tsp salt and stir from the bottom
Check that the water is at the 2-cup line
Spread the chestnuts on top (do not mix) and cook as usual

How to tell it's doneThe 'done' sound plays.

Mix it all together

Steam 10 min + 1 min

When it finishes, leave it 10 min without opening the lid (to steam)
Mix gently with a rice paddle, turning it over in big strokes from the bottom, without crushing the chestnuts
Put in rice bowls and sprinkle with a little toasted black sesame seeds

ReadyThe chestnuts are not broken and are spread through all the rice.

If it didn't work out

The chestnuts broke apartYou mixed too hard in step 4. Just turn it over from the bottom with the rice paddle.

The rice is hardIn step 3 the water was below the line. Next time, fill it to the line.

The rice is mushyYou did not remove the water for the sake in step 3. Next time, remove 2 tbsp.

The flavor is weakWhen eating, sprinkle a pinch of salt along with the sesame seeds.

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