Japanese
Okayu (Rice Porridge)
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Okayu (Rice Porridge) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at breakfast. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Rinse the rice and combine it with 5 cups water in a pot.
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Bring to a boil, then lower the heat and simmer uncovered, stirring occasionally, until the grains have broken down into a thick porridge, about 30 minutes.
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Season with the salt.
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Ladle into bowls and top with an umeboshi, sliced scallions, and a little grated ginger.
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Serve it with
A Japanese breakfast is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Okayu (Rice Porridge), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand. Okayu (Rice Porridge) carries none of them. That is a checked answer rather than an ingredient list nobody read.
| 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
- 180 kcal
- Protein
- 3 g
- Carbs
- 40 g
- Fat
- 1 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 590 mg
- Saturated fat
- 0 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Okayu (Rice Porridge) takes about 35 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at breakfast. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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