Taste of Autumn Sweet Potato Rice

Satumaimo Gohan（さつまいもごはん）

What kind of dish is Satumaimo Gohan??

A dish made by cooking rice and sweet potatoes together in a rice cooker.

Autumn is the season with so many delicious foods that it is said to be the autumn of appetite.

The rice harvested in autumn is called “new rice (新米＝shin mai)” and has a lot of moisture, flavor and stickiness.

Rice is especially delicious at this time of year. Sweet potatoes are also in season in autumn.

It’s a perfect autumn dish with simple seasonings that let you enjoy the taste of the ingredients.

Sweet potatoes are easy to grow even in poor soil and are not easily damaged by typhoons, so cultivation in Japan has taken root.

This is a dish that has been made since ancient times, and some families use glutinous rice. When using glutinous rice, use 225g of rice and 75g of glutinous rice.

It doesn’t harden even after a long time and has a delicious chewy texture.

NUTRITION FACTS

273 kcal Protein 4.4g Fat 0.6g Carb 2.6g Salt Equivalent 1g

INGREDIENTS (5SERVINGS)

The recommended amount of rice is 60g per person. 1go is 150g of rice. When cooking rice, use 1.2 to 1.4 times the weight of the rice.

sweet potato 200g
rice 300g （2go）
water 360g
sake 20g
salt 5g
furikake (sesame salt) 5g

The kind of sweet potato that I often use is “Kanta-kun”. It is a special product of Oita. Compared to general sweet potatoes, such as long-term storage, it is produced with a lot of effort. Sweetness like sweets is attractive.

Check out this website for more information about “Kanta-kun””.　👉　　https://jaoita.or.jp/learn/speciality/100

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS

①Dice the sweet potato and soak in water for 10 minutes.

②Rinse the rice, put it in the rice cooker and add water.

Soak the rice for about 30 minutes when using rinse-free rice(無洗米）.

③Add sake and salt and mix.

④Place the sweet potato on top of the rice and cook normally.

⑤Put the cooked rice on a plate and sprinkle with furikake.

Sprinkle with sesame salt to bring out the sweetness of the rice and sweet potato.

⋈*The menu for this day is Sweet potato rice, Deep-fried fish paste dumplings, Stir-fried lotus root with soy sauce, clear soup, and fruits.　👉　Deep-fried fish paste dumplings and Stir-fried lotus root with soy sauce

naokoan

I’m Naoko. After graduating from a registered dietitian training school, I am working as a registered dietitian at a hospital in Japan. I love to cook and eat delicious food. I make recipes with calorie counting. The reason why all the ingredients are written as “g” is to accurately calculate calories. I am especially good at cooking with pressure cookers and ovens. I would like to introduce the recipe to foreigners who are interested in Japanese food. So I started writing Japanese home cooking recipes on my blog in English. 大学卒業後、管理栄養士として病院で勤務しています。レシピはカロリー計算を出来るだけ正確に行いたいので“g”で表記しています。日本の家庭料理のレシピを英語で紹介しています。圧力鍋とオーブンを使う料理が得意です。日本食・和食に興味を持ってもらえたら嬉しいです。よろしくお願いします(*ˊᵕˋ)♡‧₊