Japanese Soy Sauce Butter Rice

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil adds healthy fats and flavor while being lower in saturated fat.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces sodium intake without sacrificing flavor.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine

Rice vinegar + sugar mimics the sweetness of mirin at a lower cost.

nori

🥗Healthier: seaweed flakes

💰Cheaper: dried seaweed

Seaweed flakes provide similar umami flavor and are often cheaper.

Cook hot Japanese short grain rice in a rice cooker.

Add 1 and 1/2 tablespoons of butter to the hot rice and let it soften and melt for about a minute.

Drizzle a generous amount of soy sauce over the rice and mix together until the rice is slick and not sticking together.

Tear up some nori on top as a garnish.

Optionally, add other toppings like scallions, toasted sesame seeds, katsuobushi, or mentaiko.

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