Five Ingredients Rice

Name: Five Ingredients Rice (Kayaku-Gohan)
Yield: Serves four
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: pinch of salt; 225 g/8 oz oyster mushrooms; 8 mitsuba sprigs, root part removed; 350 ml/12 fl oz/1½ cups second dashi stock, or the same amount of water and 7.5 ml/1½ tsp dashi-no-moto; 30 ml/2 tbsp shoyu; 30 ml/2 tbsp sake; 25 ml/1½ tbsp mirin; 90 g/3½ oz gobo or canned bamboo shoots; 90 g/3½ oz carrot, peeled; 2.5 ml/½ tsp lemon juice; 275 g/10 oz/1⅓ cups Japanese short grain rice; 150 g/5 oz chicken breast portion, skinned, boned and cut into 2cm/¾in dice

Kayaku-Gohan

Preparation info

Serves
four

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Cookbook

By Emi Kazuko and Yasuko Fukuoka

Published 2024

About

The Japanese love rice so much they invented many ways to enjoy it. Here, chicken and vegetables are cooked with short grain rice making a healthy light lunch dish called Kayaku-gohan. Serve with a simple, clear soup and tangy pickles.

Ingredients

275 g/10 oz/1⅓ cups Japanese short grain rice
90

Asia
Japan
Lunch

Method

Put the rice in a large bowl and wash well with cold water. Change the water until it becomes clear. Tip the rice into a sieve and leave to drain for 30 minutes.
Using a sharp knife, cut the carrot into 5mm/¼in rounds, then cut the discs into flowers.