Japanese

Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken)

Name: Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken)
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 cups short-grain rice; 1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs; 1 carrots; 3 dried shiitake mushrooms; 1 aburaage; 2 cups dashi stock; 2 tbsp soy sauce; 1 tbsp mirin

Tomoko @tomoko_osaka

Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken) is Japanese home cooking, eaten at 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.

40 min Medium Dairy free

Ingredients

Serves

The quantities follow this count.

2 cups short-grain rice
1/2 lb boneless skinless chicken thighs
1 carrots
3 dried shiitake mushrooms
1 aburaage
2 cups dashi stock
2 tbsp soy sauce
1 tbsp mirin

How to cook it

Soak the dried shiitake in warm water until soft, about 20 minutes, then slice thinly.
Rinse the rice and let it drain in a sieve for 15 minutes.
Cut the chicken, carrot, and aburaage into small pieces.
Combine the rice, chicken, carrot, shiitake, aburaage, dashi, soy sauce, and mirin in a pot or rice cooker.
Cover and cook until the liquid is absorbed and the rice is tender, about 20 minutes on the stovetop (or run the rice cooker's normal cycle), then let rest 10 minutes and fluff before serving.

Watch how to cook Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken)

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 Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken), 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, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken) carries gluten, soy, and fish. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken)
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	No
Gluten	Yes	Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
Shellfish	No
Eggs	No
Soy	Yes	Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
Fish	Yes	Genmai Gohan (Steamed Brown Rice)
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: 490 kcal
Protein: 23 g
Carbs: 82 g
Fat: 8 g
Fiber: 2 g
Sugar: 4 g
Sodium: 450 mg
Saturated fat: 2 g

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

When to cook it

Takikomi Gohan (Seasoned Rice with Vegetables and Chicken) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.