Hello everybody, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, japanese sweet potato rice. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Japanese Sweet Potato Rice is one of the most popular of current trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. Japanese Sweet Potato Rice is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Put rice in a medium pot or your rice cooker. Pour in the water and sake and mix in the salt. Lay the sweet potato slices on top - you don't need to mix it. If using the rice cooker, just turn it on and wait til it's done!
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have japanese sweet potato rice using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Japanese Sweet Potato Rice:
- Prepare 1 Japanese sweet potato/yam (satsuma-imo)
- Make ready 360 ml Japanese white rice or short grain white rice (2 Japanese rice cups)
- Prepare 400 ml water
- Take 1 Tbsp sake (optional)
- Make ready 1/2 tsp salt
- Take black sesame seeds
Japanese sweet potato is a bit different from the American version and if you can find it, please use Japanese sweet potato which is known as satsuma imo. But, if you cannot find it, any sweet potato will work fine here since the idea is to boost the nutritional content of white rice in this recipe as well as give steamed rice some sweetness. Peel the sweet potatoes and rinse in cold water. Cut them into ½ inch cubes.
Instructions to make Japanese Sweet Potato Rice:
- Wash the rice in a fine strainer or bowl until the water is not cloudy anymore. Scrub the dirt off the sweet potato but leave the skin on. Cut the potato into 1 cm round slices.
- Put rice in a medium pot or your rice cooker. Pour in the water and sake and mix in the salt. Lay the sweet potato slices on top - you don't need to mix it. If using the rice cooker, just turn it on and wait til it's done! For using a pot, see next step.
- If using the pot, cover with a lid, and turn the heat on medium. Listen until you can hear the water start to simmer in the pot, then set a timer for 11 minutes and let it cook. Turn off the heat and let it sit without taking off the lid for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, it's ready! Lightly mix in the sweet potatoes into the rice with a wet rice spoon or spatula. Sprinkle with black sesame seeds and serve! (or make onigiri :)
Peel the sweet potatoes and rinse in cold water. Cut them into ½ inch cubes. Add the sweet potato cubes over the rice in the pot. Open the lid and turn over the rice and the sweet potato with a wooden spoon. Learn more about the amazingly versatile Japanese sweet potato, its health benefits and how to cook with it today!
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