Mirin

ONE POT MEAL

many people think that rice cooker can only be use for making a rice. rice cooker steam and boil rice so therefore, it can also make some other dishes. so, today, i am showing you one way i enjoy my dish using only the rice cooker. :)

ingredients : for this meal

• 2 cups rice + water to soak the rice
• 1/2 medium size carrots
• 1 medium size potatoes
• 1/4 of a whole onion
• ginger | optional
• 1/2 chayote
• 1 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• t tbsp rice vinegar
• 1 tsp sesame oil
• garlic powder
• furikake seasoning
• water
• cilantro or scallions for toppings

you can absolutely replace all the ingredients with what you prefer except green leafy- although, you can add the green leafy vegetables as a topping. it will get mushy if you add them with the rest of the ingredients in the rice cooker.

instructions :

1. soak the rice with water for 30 minutes 
2. wash / clean the vegetables and cut them into small cubes
3. disregard the water from the soaked rice
4. add the rice into the rice cooker followed by the vegetables 
5. add the seasoning
6. place the rice cooker pot into the rice cooker base and cook just like how you cook your regular rice 
7. enjoy! 

new crave from instagram! so of course i had to give it a try, and it turns out pretty good!

i chose to add spam to mine, other recipes contains some eggs and cheese, you can also add some different variation of vegetables, totally your call. :)

ingredients:

• 3 cups warm rice
• 1/4 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 1 packet of any rice seasoning (optional)
• 1 tsp salt
• lettuce
• carrots (sliced lengthwise)
• spam (sliced lengthwise)
• nori
• kewpie japanese mayonnaise
• furikake (japanese rice seasoning)

directions:

1. into a bowl of rice, add the rice vinegar, mirin, rice seasoning, and salt. then combine. set aside
2. cut the lettuce, carrots and spam lengthwise. set aside
3. place the nori in a flat surface, cut the nori halfway through. then add the rice on the first quarter part of nori, add the carrots and spam on the second quarter part, the lettuce on the third and the mayonnaise on the last part. or you can also do any order.
4. you can eat the sushi wrap right away or wrap the sushi with plastic and enjoy the sushi during lunch or at picnic

#happycooking

xo, s

hey riders,

as of now, you are probably familiar with spam musubi. it is a rice and spam wrapped in nori. i never had it until 3 to 4 years ago when one of my friend came to visit and brought us a musubi, it was surprisingly super delicious and so simple to make. so today, i decided to make it and film it for your reference. i think when it comes to cooking, i like to explore a bit more.. that being said, i will show how i made my own recipe of this dish. now, i am not sure if i am the only one who ever made this version of musubi, i haven't been researching about it, so keep on watching! below are what you need to make this amazing dish.

ingredients:

• 1 can spam (i'm using the tocino flavor, but use any flavor you like)
• 2 cups of cooked rice
• 1 cup of sliced lengthwise carrots
• nori

you will also need:

• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon mirin (sweetened rice wine)
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 teaspoon cooking oil or cooking spray

for directions:

please refer to the video.

thank you again for coming over and joining me with this cool adventure. please feel free to like my facebook page, share and spread the love. i hope you guys love this recipe and let me know what you think? until next time!

xo,

sai borg