Kuri Gohan 栗ご飯

Method13 steps · about 1 hr 30 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Prepare chestnuts (500 g) by using kitchen scissors to remove the outer hard skin. Leave the astringent skin intact.

   Uses 500 g chestnuts

2. 2

   Step 2: Place them in a saucepan or pot and pour enough water to cover the chestnuts.

   Uses Chestnuts with hard outer shells removed · Water, enough to cover and boil chestnuts

3. 3

   Step 3: Start to heat the pot over high heat to bring it to boil.

   Uses Chestnuts covered with boiling water

4. 4

   Step 4: Once it has boiled, turn the heat down to low / medium and simmer to cook the chestnuts for about 20 minutes.

   Simmer chestnuts · 20 minUses Chestnuts in boiling water

   
5. 5

   Step 5: Drain and discard the hot water. Cover the chestnuts with cold water so they cool enough to handle while staying moist.

   Uses Simmered chestnuts · Cold water, enough to cool and hold boiled chestnuts

6. 6

   Step 6: Carefully remove the thin astringent skins from all the chestnuts and set the peeled chestnuts aside.

   Uses Cooled moist chestnuts

7. 7

   Step 7: Wash the short-grain rice (1 3/4 cups) and sweet rice (¼ cup) three or four times, until the rinse water is clearer. Discard the rinse water and drain both grains completely.

   Uses 1 3/4 cups short grain rice · ¼ cup sweet rice (glutinous rice) · Water, for washing and rinsing rice

   
8. 8

   Step 8: Place the washed and drained rice mixture in the rice cooker.

   Uses Washed drained short-grain rice and sweet rice

9. 9

   Step 9: Pour 2 cups of water and add salt (1 tsp) and sake (1 tbsp).

   Uses Washed rice mixture in the cooker · 2 cups water · 1 tsp salt · 1 tbsp sake

10. 10

    Step 10: Place the chestnuts over the rice.

    Uses Seasoned rice and measured cooking water · Fully peeled prepared chestnuts

11. 11

    Step 11: Close the rice cooker lid and set the rice cooker, following the rice cooker instructions.

    Cook chestnut rice using the cooker cycleUses Rice, chestnuts and seasonings in the cooker

12. 12

    Step 12: When it is cooked, stir gently. Try not to break the chestnuts shape.

    Uses Cooked chestnut rice

    
13. 13

    Step 13: Serve in a rice bowl and sprinkle black sesame seeds (1 tsp).

    Uses Gently mixed chestnut rice · 1 tsp black sesame seeds