Category: Rice

Asian Dishes, Rice

Japanese Rice with Salmon and Edamame

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I’ve been in a cooking mood the last couple of days. Just yesterday, after coming home from work, I decided to cook Japanese rice. I had three small salmon pieces in the freezer and decided to add that to the rice. Then, I decided to finish the half packet of frozen edamame lying in the refrigerator by adding them to the rice too.

Marinade salmon for a few minutes with soy sauce (I used Habhal's Kicap Masin, not exactly keeping to the Japanese theme but ...oh well)

 

When cooked, flake into chunks.

 

While waiting for the salmon to cook, boil edamame and remove them from their pods.

 

When rice is cooked, mix salmon and edamame into it but be careful not to smash the salmon too much.
Serve in small Japanese bowl.
For the rice, once it's cooked, add sugared vinegar and mix well. Also, some salt.

Although I only made 21/2 cups of rice, there were plenty of leftovers and I had to keep distributing them to my poor colleagues. 😀

Asian Dishes, Rice

Japanese Rice Ball – Onigiri

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I trawled the internet for this recipe and they all read the same thing: rice, seaweed. So I made them exactly as I read them. Unfortunately, without any seasoning, the rice was very bland but I think Onigiri is meant to be just that- plain rice that has just been formed into balls.

I made three cups of rice (because that’s how much my rice cooker can accommodate) and then cooled it. Once cool enough to handle, but still warm, I wet my hands with salt water and formed them into a round shape, made an indentation, filled the dent with tuna and then rolled it again to form a triangle. Ah, the trickiest bit of it all. Forming them into triangles! I mean, how, how, how? I tried and tried but it always turned out lopsided or at most a very deformed triangle. LOL. So, in the end, most I made into round balls.

My NTUC does not have a good selection of Japanese products so I couldn’t get black sesame seeds. I’m going to make my own variation of Onigiri next time using seasoned rice and bonito flakes, sesame seeds and Japanese chilli flakes.

Onigiri - with a leek at the side.
Onigiri served with tempura vegetables (Jap sweet potato, oyster mushroom, eggplant) and teriyaki chicken with leek.
Asian Dishes, Chinese, Rice

Chicken Ginger Fried Rice

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I made this fried rice and served it together with my steamboat to celebrate my daughter’s birthday. It’s my own recipe after trying a ginger fried rice at Johnny’s, a steamboat joint Last Aunt brought The Hubby and I when we visited them in KL some six years ago. It was rather bland as again, I didn’t add enough salt. I tasted though, but to me it tasted fine but of course, it wasn’t to the guests. But they didn’t mind because I also served an assortment of chilli sauces that day. I really have a problem with salt.

In oil fry a copious amount of blended garlic and ginger.
Once aromatic paste is cooked, add in diced chicken breast.
Stir in finely sliced French Beans.
Before stirring in the rice, crack in three beaten eggs. Add lots of ground ginger (powder, Mcormick), salt and white pepper.
Ginger Fried Rice
The Rice in the Wok