Salmon Takikomi Gohan. A simple Takikomi Gohan is made with white rice, carrots, burdock root (gobo), konnyaku (a wobbly jello-o like slab made of taro/yam), deep-fried tofu pouch (aburaage), and shiitake mushrooms. These are the most common ingredients that you expect to see in Takikomi Gohan. If you use kombu dashi, this dish is vegetarian and vegan. Cut skinless Salmon Fillets into chunky pieces, add Salt and Sake and massage. Wash Rice by stirring it thoroughly in water with your hand and drain the water.

Salmon Takikomi Gohan or Steamed Salmon Rice is comfort food in Japan. It is easy to make and you get good nutrients from the veggies added in the pot. Although simple white rice is more popular dish for Japanese meal, seasoned rice is sometimes on the table too. 'Takikomi Gohan' is a Japanese rice dish commonly seasoned with Dashi and Soy Sauce. You can have Salmon Takikomi Gohan using 7 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Salmon Takikomi Gohan

You need 2 cups of Japanese Short Grain Rice *180ml cup.
Prepare 400 ml of Dashi Stock *OR Water 400ml & Dashi Powder 1/2 teaspoon.
Prepare 1 tablespoon of Soy Sauce.
It's 200-300 g of Salmon Fillets OR Off-cuts *skinless, bones removed.
Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of Salt.
You need 1-2 tablespoons of Sake (Rice Wine).
Prepare of Toppings for extra flavour: Shiso, Spring Onion, Toasted Sesame Seeds, Toasted Nori, Shichimi (Japanese Chilli Spice Mix), etc.

Just cook Rice and Chicken and other ingredients that you like in a rice cooker. The ingredients can be vegetables, mushrooms, meat, fish and seafood that are cooked with the rice. Salmon and shiitake mushrooms paella (Salmon and Shiitake Takikomi-Gohan, 鮭としいたけの炊き込みご飯) Good combination of salmon, shiitake mushrooms and garlic soy sauce! Drain off the salmon marinade into the rice; return the salmon to the refrigerator.

Salmon Takikomi Gohan step by step

Cut skinless Salmon Fillets into chunky pieces, add Salt and Sake and massage. Cover and rest in the fridge for 1 hour..
Wash Rice by stirring it thoroughly in water with your hand and drain the water. Repeat this a few more times until water flows through clear..
Drain the rice and put it into the rice cooker’s inner pot. Add the Dashi Stock and Soy sauce. Place Salmon pieces on top and pour all the liquid as well..
Press ‘COOK’ button to start cooking..
When the rice is cooked, let it steamed for 10 minutes. Then loosen and mix gently..
Enjoy with some toppings of your choice. If you need more saltiness, sprinkle some salt over as required..

Takikomi Gohan is seasoned steamed rice with meat and vegetables. Takikomi Gohan is great freshly cooked for dinner but also wonderful cold in Bento. Takikomi Gohan is a Japanese rice dish typically seasoned with soy sauce. Although I've seen Takikomi Gohan on a menu at a high-end Japanese restaurant here in San Francisco Bay Area, most of you probably haven't heard of this dish. In this episode, Christopher Kimball continues his travels through Japan.