Bamboo Shoot Rice With Instructions on How to Boil Bamboo Shoots
- 540 ml Rice
- 1/2 Bamboo shoots boiled in water (or store-bought)
- 1 Aburaage
- 4 tbsp Soy sauce (usukuchi soy sauce, if available)
- 4 tbsp Mirin
- 3 tbsp Sake
- 400 ml Dashi stock
- Rinse the rice as you normally do and drain.
- Cut the bamboo shoot into your desired shapes and sizes.
- I cut it into about 2 cm thin matchsticks.
- Pour boiling water over the aburaage, and cut into your desired shapes.
- I cut across the aburaage and thinly sliced it into about the same size as the bamboo shoots.
- Pour the ingredients for the simmering sauce, bamboo shoots and aburaage into a small saucepan.
- Once it comes to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 3-5 minutes.
- Separate the simmering sauce and the filling.
- You will be using the sauce when cooking the rice, so do not discard.
- The rice will not cook properly if the simmering sauce is too hot.
- So let it cool before pouring it into the rice cooker.
- Put the rinsed rice into the rice cooker, pour the simmering sauce from Step 5, and fill with water up to the 3 cup line.
- Add the bamboo shoots and aburaage from Step 5 and turn on the switch to cook the rice.
- Once the rice is cooked, mix everything together
- Here's how to boil the bamboo shoots:
- Cut 3-5 cm from the top of the bamboo shoot diagonally without peeling the skins, and make a deep slit lengthwise.
- In a large pot, add the bamboo shoot, rice bran, one red chilli, and plenty of water, and turn on the heat.
- The bamboo shoot will float to the surface, so put a small lid or a piece of aluminum foil that sits right on top of the bamboo shoot (otoshibuta or drop lid).
- Boil for about an hour, turn off the heat, and let it cool in the pot.
- Once cooled to room temperature, remove the bamboo shoot and rinse with water.
- Use that you made earlier to peel off the outer layers.
- Use the bamboo shoot for this recipe or for other dishes too.
- The soft part on the top is the bamboo sheath.
- Keep the boiled bamboo shoots to keep in the refrigerator up to 4-5 days (as long as you change the water everyday).
- Here are more dishes using bamboo shoots for reference:
- "Chinese-style Ground Meat Lettuce Wrap"
- "Chinjao Rosu"
- "Spring Rolls"
- "Bamboo Sheath in Clear Soup"
shoots, aburaage, soy sauce, mirin, sake, stock
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/188119-bamboo-shoot-rice-with-instructions-on-how-to-boil-bamboo-shoots (may not work)