Takikomi gohan (炊き込みご飯, 炊き込み御飯) is a Japanese rice dish seasoned with dashi and soy sauce and mixed with mushrooms, vegetables, meat, or fish. The ingredients are cooked together with the rice.[1] The dish is consumed by people in Japan around the fall season since many root vegetables and mushrooms are harvested during this season in Japan.[2] Ingredients will vary based on the seasonal vegetables and fish. Since the dish has nutritional value, and uses a small amount of rice with vegetables and proteins, some Japanese people eat it for dieting purposes.[3]
 Takikomi gohan with maitake mushrooms | |
| Course | Main |
|---|---|
| Place of origin | Japan |
| Associated cuisine | |
| Serving temperature | Hot |
| Main ingredients | Japonica rice, mushrooms, vegetables, meat, seafood |
History
editTakikomi gohan was created during the Nara period.[4] Rice was scarce then, so people conserved rice by adding millet or other cereals, wild vegetables, yam or Japanese radish, creating an early form of takikomi gohan called katemeshi.[4] During the Muromachi period, katemeshi became popular, turned into a dish called kawarimeshi using ingredients such as barley, beans, and vegetables. Over time people became creative and made a variety of dishes with seasonal ingredients.[4]
Difference from maze gohan
editTakikomi gohan is prepared by adding the ingredients, broth and seasonings to raw rice and cook them together. In contrast, maze gohan (混ぜ御飯) ('mixed rice') is prepared by first cooking rice alone, then mixing the ingredients into it.[5]
Variations
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- Takenoko gohan (筍御飯): Rice with bamboo shoots
- Tai-meshi (鯛飯): Rice with whole sea bream.[6]: 277
- Ayu-meshi (鮎飯): Rice with whole sweetfish.
- Matsutake gohan (松茸御飯): Rice with matsutake mushrooms.
- Kani-meshi (蟹飯): Rice with crab.
- Gomoku meshi (五目飯) 'five ingredients rice' (or gomoku gohan (五目御飯)): Combination of ingredients such as shiitake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, burdock root, carrots, konnyaku, chicken,[7][6] or white-fleshed fish. In the Osaka dialect, this dish is called kayaku gohan (加薬御飯).[6]
- Kamameshi (釜飯): Takikomi gohan cooked and served in a single-serving pot.[8]
- Kuri gohan (栗ご飯): Rice with chestnuts.[9]
- Kufa jūshī (クファジューシー): Okinawan cuisine of rice with pork.[10]
- KFC rice: Rice with fried chicken.
Gallery
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With Kakamigahara carrots -
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With salmon -
With bamboo shoots
See also
edit- Arroz con pollo, Arroz con gandules, Platillo Moros y Cristianos, Gallo pinto, Pabellón criollo, Rice and beans (Latin America)
- Biryani (South Asia)
- Fried rice (East Asia)
- Jambalaya (Louisiana)
- Jollof rice (West Africa)
- Hoppin' John (Southern United States)
- Kabsa (Saudi Arabia)
- Kedgeree (United Kingdom)
- Kushari (Egypt)
- Nasi goreng (Indonesia)
- Paella (Spain)
- Pilaf (Greece, Balkans, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, South Asia)
- Rice and peas (Caribbean)
- Risotto (Italy)
- Spanish rice (Mexico)
References
edit- ^ "Taste of Japan – Takikomi-gohan (Soy sauce flavored rice cooked with chicken and mushrooms)". Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan). Archived from the original on 2022-08-13. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ ９月に美味しい旬の野菜. (n.d.). Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://foodslink.jp/syokuzaihyakka/syun/monthly/septembre-ve.htm
- ^ Watanabe, A. (2020, October 05). 炊き込みご飯のカロリー・糖質は？白米よりダイエット向きな理由は？. Retrieved November 05, 2020, from https://chisou-media.jp/posts/598
- ^ a b c "takikomi gohan" たきこみごはん. 米穀安定供給確保支援機構 (Rice Stable Supply Support Organization) (Japan) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2004-12-31. Retrieved 2022-11-03.
- ^ "Washoku World Challenge 2013 – Japanese cuisine basics". Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan). Types of Cooked Rice and Features. Archived from the original on 2022-09-29. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ a b c Tsuji, Shizuo (2006). Japanese Cooking: A Simple Art (Revised ed.). Tokyo, Japan: Kodansha International. pp. 278–279. ISBN 9784770030498.
- ^ Hosking, Richard (1996). "gomoku meshi". A dictionary of Japanese food : ingredients & culture. Tokyo, Japan: Tuttle Publishing. p. 46. ISBN 0804820422.
- ^ "Authentic Japanese Cooking – Kamameshi (Sakura Shrimp and Rice)". NHK. 2015-04-15. Archived from the original on 2021-11-17. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ Yukimasa, Rika (2016-11-25). "Rika's TOKYO CUISINE Chestnut Rice – Kuri gohan 栗ご飯". NHK. Archived from the original on 2017-04-30. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
- ^ "Our Regional Cuisines: kufa jushi, Okinawa Prefecture" うちの郷土料理 クファジューシー 沖縄県. Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (Japan) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-11-04.
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