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Gomoku Meshi Five-Ingredient Rice

Short-grain rice cooked in seasoned dashi with chicken, shaved burdock, carrot, fried tofu and konnyaku, so every grain takes on soy, mirin and earthy root flavour; serve it from the pot at the table.

  • YieldServes 4 generously
  • Hands-on25 min
  • Total1 h 28 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 60 gboneless chicken, with or without skin
  • 1small burdock root (gobo), scrubbed well with a stiff brush
  • ½small carrot, scraped
  • ½ piecethin deep-fried tofu (aburage)
  • ½ piecekonnyaku (devil's tongue jelly), about 125 g
  • 700 gJapanese short-grain rice (about 3.5 US cups)

cooking liquid

  • 960 mldashi (or chicken broth)
  • 1 tspsalt
  • 4 tbspmirin
  • 3 tbsplight (usukuchi) soy sauce
  • 3 tbspdark (koikuchi) soy sauce

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Soy
  • Fish
  • Sulfites
  • Bonito
  • Legumes (any)
  • Wheat
  • Rice
  • Carrot
  • Burdock root
  • Konjac
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Shiitake
  • Mold-ripened and koji-fermented foods
  • Seaweed (any)
  • Kombu
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Bitter
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Any season

Occasion

  • Weeknight

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 2
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot
  • Kid-friendly

Nutrition

  • Calories: high
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: low
  • Fiber: moderate
  • Sodium: high

Budget

  • Budget: low

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