Japanese

Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)

Name: Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 cups brown rice

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. On the plate it is the carb everything else is eaten with. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

45 min Easy High fiber Vegetarian Vegan Pescatarian Gluten free Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 cups brown rice

How to cook it

Rinse the brown rice well and, if time allows, soak it in water 30 minutes for a more even texture.
Combine with 3 cups water in a pot or rice cooker.
Cover and cook until the water is absorbed and the grains are tender, about 35 minutes on the stovetop (or run the rice cooker's brown-rice cycle).
Let it rest, covered, off the heat for 10 minutes, then fluff before serving.

Watch how to cook Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)

Someone making it start to finish, so you can see what the steps look like.

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Serve it with

A Japanese dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The dish at the centre
- Buri Daikon (Yellowtail and Daikon Simmer)
  
  30 min
Something to sip
- Asari no Osuimono (Clear Clam Soup)
  
  15 min
The cooked vegetable
- Agedashi Tofu (Fried Tofu in Dashi Sauce)
  
  20 min
The sharp little thing
- Beni Shoga (Red Pickled Ginger)
  
  2 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.

Every tracked allergen in Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
Allergen	In this dish
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	No
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 340 kcal
Protein: 7 g
Carbs: 70 g
Fat: 3 g
Fiber: 4 g
Sugar: 0 g
Sodium: 0 mg
Saturated fat: 0 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice) takes about 45 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.