Ginger Chicken Takikomi Gohan
Ginger Chicken Takikomi Gohan

Hello everybody, it’s Louise, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, ginger chicken takikomi gohan. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

I love 'Takikomi Gohan' which is seasoned rice cooked with vegetables, mushrooms, seafood or chicken. Probably 'Takikomigohan' is my absolute favourite Japanese food. I think this is the easiest 'Takikomi Gohan' recipe you can ever find.

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To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook ginger chicken takikomi gohan using 10 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Ginger Chicken Takikomi Gohan:
  1. Take 250-300 g Chicken *thigh fillets recommended, cut into small pieces
  2. Take 2 tablespoons finely sliced Ginger *sliced into fine strips
  3. Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce *plus extra after rice is cooked
  4. Prepare 1 tablespoon Mirin
  5. Prepare 1/2 teaspoon Sesame Oil
  6. Get 2 cups (*180ml cup) Short Grain Rice
  7. Make ready 1/4 teaspoon Salt
  8. Prepare Asian Mushrooms *optional
  9. Get *Note: This time I added some Shimeji
  10. Prepare Toasted Nori, Spring Onion and/or extra Ginger for topping

This Seasoned rice dish is called "Takikomi Gohan" or also known as "Gomoku Gohan" in Japanese. Takikomi translates to seasoned and cooked, Gohan is cooked rice. It is seasoned with Japanese flavours such as Dashi, soy sauce, mirin, sake and sugar with vegetables and proteins. Add the shredded ginger root to the bowl.

Instructions to make Ginger Chicken Takikomi Gohan:
  1. Cut Chicken into small pieces, add Soy Sauce, Mirin, fine strips of Ginger and Sesame Oil, and massage. Set aside for 5-10 minutes. - *Note: Chicken Mince can be used.
  2. Wash Rice a few times and place it in the rice cooker. Add water up to the 2-cups-marking. Sprinkle Salt over and gently stir.
  3. Add Asian Mushrooms if you use any, and Chicken pieces with all liquid, but DO NOT stir. Just spread evenly. Press ‘COOK’ button to start cooking.
  4. When rice is cooked, let it steamed for 10 minutes. Then sprinkle 1/2 to 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce, and loosen and mix gently.
  5. Place some Toasted Nori, Spring Onion and/or extra Ginger on top and enjoy.

Toss to coat all the ingredients with the seasonings. Hi, this may be interesting you: Takikomi Gohan with Chicken and Mushrooms Recipe (Easy Mixed Rice in Rice Cooker)! Although young ginger has the same health benefits as old ginger does, it is firmer, more fragrant, sweeter and juicer but less pungent comparing to old ginger. This Takikomi Gohan recipe is quick. Traditional Takikomi Gohan which is often served in the home at family dinners includes a few standard ingredients including carrots, shiitake, gobo (burdock root), konnyaku (yam cake), and chicken.

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