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Bonito Rice
Bonito Rice

Ingredients
Serves 4
Rice   2 cups
Water (combined with the seasoning mix) 2 1/5 cups
Salt 1/4 teaspoon
Bonito (fillet) 200g
Seasoning Mix Soy sauce 2 tablespoons
Sake 1/3 cup
Mirin 2 tablespoons
Sugar 2 teaspoons
Ginger root 1
Beefsteak plant leaves 8

Preparation

Cut the bonito into 1.5cm cubes.
Skin the ginger root and cut one half into thin sticks. Cut the other half into very thin slices along the fibers, then cut those slices into very fine sticks, and soak in water.
Combine all the seasonings for the seasoning mix in a pan, and bring to a boil. Add half the ginger (thin sticks) and the bonito to the pan. Bring to a boil and cook for 4 to 5 minutes. Skim the scum off the surface while cooking. When the bonito is well seasoned, remove it from the pan.
Rinse the rice, drain and place it in a rice cooker. Add water to the seasoning mix remaining in the pan to make 2 1/5 cups in total, to the rice. Let stand for 30 minutes.
Cut the beefsteak leaves into thin strips, dip in water and dry them.

Procedure


Season the rice with the salt and stir once. Cook the rice in the same way as you cook plain rice.
When the rice is done, add the bonito quickly, and cover again to allow the rice and bonito to settle by its remaining heat.
Being careful not to break the bonito pieces, lightly mix the rice and bonito together.
Serve the bonito rice in individual bowls and top with the beefsteak leaves and the remaining ginger (very fine sticks).


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