Hijiki Gohan ひじきご飯

Method13 steps · about 1 hr

1. 1

   Step 1: Place dry hijiki (10 g) in a bowl of 500 ml water. Let hijiki absorb water for about 30 minutes.

   Soak dried hijiki · 30 minUses 10 g dry hijiki (*2 ) · 500 ml water for soaking the hijiki

   
2. 2

   Step 2: Cook rice (2 cups) in a rice cooker. *4

   Cook rice following your cooker or packageUses 2 cups rice (*1 ) · Water for cooking rice, according to the selected rice cooker or package

3. 3

   Step 3: While the rice cooks, cut the carrot (1/2) into matchsticks. Have 50 g edible shelled edamame ready; if starting with pods, the source calls for 100 g before shelling. Cook the shelled beans according to their package if needed, and reserve them for the final rice mixing.

   Uses 1/2 carrot (*or 40 g) · 50 g shelled edamame

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   Step 4: Place all seasoning ingredients in a small bowl and combine them all together.

   Uses 2 tbsp soy sauce · 1/2 tsp salt · 1 tbsp sake · 1 tbsp mirin · 1 tsp sugar

   
5. 5

   Step 5: Heat sesame seed oil (1 tbsp) in a frying pan over medium heat and cook chicken mince (50 g).

   Uses 1 tbsp sesame seed oil · 50 g chicken mince (ground chicken)

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   Step 6: Drain the soaked hijiki. Add it and the carrot matchsticks to the chicken pan, as shown in the source numbered process collage, and cook for a few more minutes. Keep the prepared edamame aside for the final mixing.

   Uses Chicken cooked in sesame oil · Carrot matchsticks · Soaked hijiki

   
7. 7

   Step 7: Add all combined seasoning over the chicken, carrot and hijiki.

   Uses Cooked chicken, carrot and drained hijiki · Combined soy, salt, sake, mirin and sugar seasoning

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   Step 8: Cook until all the liquid evaporates.

   Uses Seasoned hijiki and chicken mixture

   
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   Step 9: Immediately after the rice is cooked, place the cooked hijiki and chicken over the rice, and put the lid back on.

   Uses Freshly cooked rice · Cooked hijiki and chicken topping

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    Step 10: Let all the ingredients steam together in the heat remaining in the rice for 10 minutes.

    Steam together · 10 minUses Rice with hot cooked topping

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    Step 11: Open the lid of the rice cooker and stir the hijiki and chicken into the rice.

    Uses Rice and topping steamed together

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    Step 12: Add edamame and stir well.

    Uses Mixed hijiki chicken rice · Reserved prepared shelled edamame

    
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    Step 13: Serve in a rice bowl and garnish with sesame seeds and bean sprouts.

    Uses Hijiki rice with edamame · a pinch of sesame seeds to top · a pinch of bean sprouts to garnish