Kuri Gohan - Chestnut Rice Recipe

Kuri Gohan - Chestnut Rice Recipe

Ingredients:   Serves 4

2½ cups rice

½ cup glutinous rice

20 chestnuts

Toasted black sesame seeds

3 cups kombu stock

3 tablespoon Sake

½ teaspoon salt

2 tablespoons light soy sauce

 

Method:

Grill the chestnuts over a wire net.  They become savory, easy to shell and peel.  Wash the rice an hour before cooking and let stand covered with the kombu stock.  Wash the glutinous rice 30 minutes before and soak in 1 cup water.  Select rather large chestnuts free of worm holes.  Cut off the hard bottom to prevent bursting open when grilled.  Grill the chestnuts over medium heat, turning occasionally.   When darkened and the skin breaks, wrap in cloth and peel the outer and inner skins together.  Add drained glutinous rice and add the chestnuts and seasonings and mix.  Cook in a rice cooker.  When the switch turns off, turn on again and cook until the switch turns off automatically.  Steam for 10 minutes and then transfer to a flat container.  Mix. fluffing up, to remove the excess moisture.  Serve in a bowl topped with the black sesame seeds.

 

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