Special Torimeshi made by grandma (Japanese chicken rice)

鶏飯 torimeshi (chicken rice) staple food
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Special Torimeshi made by grandma (Japanese chicken rice)

tori = chicken meshi = rice

Torimeshi(鶏飯)

“Torimeshi” is a local dish beloved in Oita Prefecture. It’s a type of takikomi gohan (mixed rice). It contains glutinous rice so it stays soft even when cooled, and the rice is infused with the flavors of chicken and burdock, making it an excellent dish.

(Takikomi gohan, which uses glutinous rice, is sometimes called okowa.)

There are two ways to make torimeshi: either by simmering ingredients such as chicken, vegetables, and mushrooms in soy sauce and sugar and mixing them into cooked rice, or by putting the ingredients and rice together in a rice cooker and cooking them.

The most common ingredients are chicken and burdock, but some households may also add shiitake mushrooms, carrots, and fried tofu.

Oita Prefecture is one of the top prefectures in Japan for the amount of chicken purchased per household per year. It is also known as the birthplace of “karaage,” which can be said to be Japan’s national dish.

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NUTRITION FACTS of Torimeshi (Japanese chicken rice)

1530 kcal Protein 56.0 g Fat 33 g Carbs 249.8 g Salt Equivalent 9.3 g

INGREDIENTS for Torimeshi (Japanese chicken rice) (5SERVINGS)

  • Chicken thigh(200g)
  • Burdock (1 piece 80g)
    • Sesame oil (2g)
  • Rice (225g)
  • Glutinous rice (75g)
    • Water (380g)
  • Dark soy sauce (20g)
  • Light soy sauce (20g)
  • Dashi stock granules (5g)
  • Salt (1g)

Torimeshi (Japanese chicken rice) COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

  1. Cut the chicken into 1cm cubes.
  2. Instead of peeling the skin with a peeler, scrape it off with the back of a knife to preserve the burdock’s flavor.
  3. Shave the burdock with a knife.
  4. Place the shaved burdock in a bowl with plenty of water to prevent it from discoloring.
  5. Heat sesame oil in a frying pan.
  6. Fry the chicken and drained burdock in a frying pan.
  7. Once the burdock is cooked through, add dark soy sauce, light soy sauce, dashi stock granules, and salt, stir fry for about 1 minute, and turn off the heat.
  8. Wash the rice and glutinous rice, and put them in a rice cooker. If using unwashed rice, it is better to soak it in water for about 30 minutes. Since glutinous rice has a lot of water, do not soak it for a long time before cooking.
  9. Place the chicken and burdock on top of the rice. Add all the seasoning liquid as well. Rice soaked in water containing salt or soy sauce will not absorb water as well. Therefore, it is best to add seasonings just before cooking the rice.
  10. Add water and cook on the quick cook setting.
  11. Once cooked, open the lid and mix everything with a rice spoon.
  12. Close the lid and wait 10 minutes.
  13. Serve on a plate.

*In the recipe I learned from my grandmother, I cooked the rice on normal cook setting instead of quick cook setting, and added the ingredients when there were about 15 minutes left of cooking time. I use the quick cook setting so I add the ingredients right from the start.


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