How to make Takikomi Gohan, mixed rice with chicken & mushroom recipe tasty Japanese home cooking

dashi

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water + soy sauce

Vegetable broth offers a lighter option while maintaining flavor.

mirin

🥗Healthier: rice vinegar + sugar

💰Cheaper: white wine + sugar

Rice vinegar adds acidity without the sweetness of mirin.

chicken

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned mushrooms

Tofu provides protein while being more affordable.

soy sauce

🥗Healthier: low-sodium soy sauce

💰Cheaper: tamari

Low-sodium soy sauce reduces salt intake.

Add chicken and mushrooms to the rice cooker.

Rinse 3 cups of Japanese rice under running water for 4-5 minutes, then drain in a sieve.

Heat 2 tablespoons of oil in a pan, add the chicken, and stir for 1 minute.

Add all the vegetables except the peas and stir for another 2 minutes.

Add 250 milliliters of water, instant stock granules, cooking wine, mirin, sugar, salt, and soy sauce to the pan and bring to a boil.

Simmer for about 18 minutes or until the sauce has reduced by half.

Cook the peas in boiling water for 3 minutes and then drain.

Put the rice into the rice cooker, strain the vegetables through a sieve, and add the sauce to the rice, ensuring the liquid comes up to the number 3 mark on the rice cooker.

Top up the liquid with water if necessary, then add the cooked vegetables without stirring.

Cook the rice as usual.

Once the rice is cooked, add the peas and mix well, then garnish with shredded nori.

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