Direct from a Chef! Clam Seasoned Rice for Girl's Day Festival
- 360 ml Uncooked white rice
- 500 grams Hamaguri (surf) clams
- 200 ml Water
- 1 tbsp Soy sauce
- 1 tbsp Mentsuyu
- 2 tbsp Sake
- 2 tbsp Mirin
- 1 piece Ginger
- 10 cm Kombu for dashi stock
- There are always clams around when celebrating Doll's Festival right?
- If they're about the size of a 500 yen coin and you use 20 clams, then it'll be about 500 g. Scrub and wash them.
- Soak in salted water for about 20 minutes to de-sand.
- Wash the rice and drain in a strainer.
- Wash the clams one more time.
- Combine with the ingredients and add to a pot.
- Mince or julienne the ginger.
- Turn on the heat until all the clams have opened up.
- Skim off the scum.
- Remove the clams.
- You can choose to remove the shells or not.
- I always remove them.
- This is the leftover dashi stock from simmering the clams.
- It's best if you filter the dashi stock at least once.
- This is the most important point!
- Don't use the dashi stock while it's hot!
- If you use it when it's hot, the rice won't cook through.
- Add the rice and the room temperature mixture into the rice cooker.
- Fill with water until the liquid reaches the 2 rice cup mark.
- If you have it, add the kombu.
- Then switch it on!
- It finished cookingggg!!
- It smells soooo good!
- When the rice cooker is done, add the clams and steam.
- Discard the kombu and stir the rice.
- The rice is slightly scorched at the bottom, which is delicious.
- Transfer to serving dishes and it's done.
- It looks great garnished with mitsuba.
- See also "Straight From A Chef, Clam Broth Soup!
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white rice, water, soy sauce, mentsuyu, sake, mirin, ginger, stock
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/171215-direct-from-a-chef-clam-seasoned-rice-for-girls-day-festival (may not work)