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Tori Gobo Takikomi Gohan (Rice Cooked with Chicken and Burdock)
Serves 4 (2 rice cups) · About 1 hr 30 min (30 min of this is just soaking the rice in water, and while it cooks you just wait)
Made in a rice cooker. Cook rice with chicken, burdock root and carrot, seasoned with soy sauce.
① Wash the rice and soak in water→② Cut the fillings→③ Add seasonings and water→④ Add toppings and cook→⑤ Let steam and mix
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How to make it
1
Wash the rice, soak it in water, then drain
- Put 2 rice cups of rice in a bowl, add water, swirl it around with your hand, and pour off the cloudy water right away. Do this 3–4 times
- Soak in plenty of water for 30 minutes
- Drain in a colander and drain the water well
How to tell it's doneThe rice has changed from see-through to whitish (a sign it has soaked up water).
Be carefulIf you put the soaked rice straight into the rice cooker with the water, there is too much water and it gets mushy. Always drain it in a colander.
2
Cut the fillings small
- Burdock: scrub off the dirt with a scrubbing brush or sponge (no need to peel). Shave into thin strips with a peeler and soak in a bowl of water for 5 minutes. Drain in a colander
- Carrot: peel and cut into thin strips 3 cm long
- Chicken: cut into small 1.5 cm cubes (big pieces are hard to cook through in the rice cooker)
How to tell it's doneThe biggest piece of chicken is about the size of your thumb tip.
3
Rice and seasonings into the inner pot, then water
- Put the drained rice in the inner pot of the rice cooker
- Add 2 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tbsp sake, 1 tbsp mirin and 1 tsp dashi granules
- Then add water up to the '2' line in the inner pot, and stir once from the bottom
How to tell it's doneThe water level after adding the seasonings is exactly at the '2' line.
Be carefulIf you add water to the '2' line first and then add seasonings, there is too much liquid and the rice gets too soft. Follow the order.
4
Put the toppings on top and cook as usual
- Spread out the chicken, burdock and carrot on top of the rice
- Do not mix (mixing tends to make it cook unevenly)
- Close the lid and cook on the regular (white rice) setting. If your rice cooker has a mixed rice setting, use that
How to tell it's doneThe rice cooker's 'done' sound plays.
5
Let steam 10 min and mix from the bottom
- After it finishes, wait 10 min without opening the lid
- Mix the fillings and rice all through with a rice paddle, turning it over in big motions from the bottom
- Take out the biggest piece of chicken and break it in half with chopsticks
How to tell it's doneThe inside of the chicken is white, not pink. All the rice is light brown.
Be carefulIf the chicken is pink inside, close the lid and leave it on the keep-warm setting 10 more minutes, then break one open again to check. If it is still pink, put that portion on a plate and heat in the microwave until the inside is white.
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If it didn't work out
Soggy and too softToo much water. The rice was not drained enough, or you added the water before the seasonings. Next time, follow the order in step 3.
It is hard or has a hard centerThe soaking time was short, or you mixed the toppings into the rice before cooking. Next time, soak 30 min, and just put the toppings on top.
The flavor is weakNext time, add 1 tsp more soy sauce (and a little less water). For this batch, sprinkle a pinch of salt when you eat.
The bottom burnsSoy sauce and mirin burn easily when they settle on the bottom. After adding the seasonings in step 3, stir well once from the bottom before adding the toppings.
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