Manila Clam Seasoned Rice
- 700 grams White rice
- 35 to 45 Manila clams
- 300 ml Sake...A
- 1200 ml Water...A
- 1 tbsp Mirin...B
- 60 ml Shiro-dashi ...B
- 1 Ginger (julienned)
- 1 White portion of Japanese leeks (thinly sliced)
- 1 Kombu for dashi stock
- Rinse the rice and drain well.
- Preparation Rinse and clean the de-gritted clams very well.
- Put about 15 in a strainer with a handle.
- De-grit and de-salt the clam properly as this will affect the taste.
- Combine the A ingredients into a big pot that fits the colander from Step 2.
- When Step 4 starts boiling, turn the heat to lower high.
- Place the Step 2 colander into the pot and agitate.
- If any clam shells open, slightly lift the colander and transfer the opened ones with tongs to another plate.
- After taking out the opened clams, submerge the colander into the pot and agitate again.
- Repeat Steps 5 and 6 with rest of the clams.
- Watch over as they boil, so as not to overcook them.
- Some clams take longer to open up.
- You can add a new batch of clams while you wait for the unopened ones to open.
- Now that all of the clams have been boiled, transfer to a bowl.
- Strain the clam juices through a paper towel-lined colander and cool to room temperature.
- Take the meat out from the clams and transfer to another bowl.
- *It's easier to use an empty shell to do this.
- If the clams are perfectly cooked, the meat will be plump.
- They're delicious freshly boiled that you won't be able to stop eating them as is.
- Slice the scallion and julienne the ginger as seen in the photo.
- Set the well-drained rice from Step 1 with the ingredients B in the rice cooker.
- Pour the soup from Step 11 to 15 up to the water level marked in the rice cooker.
- Stir well.
- Put in the dashi kombu and the ginger from Step 14 and start cooking.
- When Step 16 is cooked, take out the dashi kombu, add in Step 12 and 14.
- Toss well.
- *If you can, mix well before serving.
- Serve in a bowl and it's done.
- The soft and plump clams are delicious.
- The shiro-dashi seasoned rice, white scallion and ginger goes really well.
- Tip If you want to cook more clams, increase the amount of ingredients A or repeat the procedure twice or else the cooking liquid will become too salty.
- When I doubled the amount of rice and cooked with 90 clams, I boiled the clams in two separate batches and changed the cooking liquid.
- The remainder of the soup can be kept frozen in a resealable bag.
- Here I made another rice dish with peeled shrimp using the leftover soup.
- It's also very delicious.
- Marinate the peeled and cleaned shrimps in sake and 1 teaspoon of usukuchi soy sauce for 30 minutes.
- Pat dry Step 24 with paper towels and the rest is the same procedure starting from Step 16 with 60 ml of shiro dashi.
- This is a grilled onigiri using a blowtorch.
- This is also good.
white rice, manila clams, water, ginger, white portion, stock
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/151496-manila-clam-seasoned-rice (may not work)