Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Recipe
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Takenoko Gohan Bamboo Rice Recipe is a simple, rice dish flavored with Japanese seasonings and mixed with bamboo shoots. I also added aburaage (deep fried tofu) and konnyaku in this recipe. It is flavored with traditional Japanese seasonings.
Bamboo rice is a seasonal dish that is often enjoy in Spring. Japan has seasonal dishes according to four distinct seasons: winter, spring, summer, and fall. You can find bamboo shoots in Japan between March and May. The bamboo represent the coming of spring after the cold winter.
I was able to find bamboo shoots in an Asian market in the USA and decided to share this recipe. Please try this bamboo rice (takenoko gohan) recipe and let me know what you think!
Bamboo rice can be cooked various ways such as with a rice cooker, a dutch oven, or an Instant Pot (pressure cooker). In this recipe, I demonstrate how to cook takenoko gohan using a pressure cooker.
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Tips for Making Takenoko Gohan Recipe
- I added aburaage (fried tofu) and konnyaku, but this dish also tastes good with other vegetables. You can add carrots, mushrooms (shiitake), or other vegetables.
- This dish is meant as a side to go with other tsukemono or asazuke, so I did not add a lot of seasonings. If it is bland for your taste, please add more soy sauce or some salt. You can also eat it with a main dish and use the takenoko to balance out the flavorful main dish.
- This dish is easy to prepare as vegetarian if you use konbu dashi instead of regular dashi as one of the Japanese seasonings.
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Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Recipe
Equipment
- Pressure cooker
Ingredients
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Main Ingredients
- 250 grams bamboo shoot (~1/2 lb)
- 90 grams konjac (konnyaku) (~3 ounces)
- 2 pieces of deep fried tofu
- 450 grams washed rice (~1 lb)
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Sauce
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 2 tbsp cooking alcohol
- 2 tbsp mirin
- 2 tbsp soy sauce (add more according to your taste)
- 1 tsp dashi
- 600 mL water
Instructions
Ingredient Preparation
- Slice the bamboo into small bite-sized pieces
- Slice the konnyaku into small bite-sized pieces
- After cutting the konnyaku, wash it with water
- Slice the deep fried tofu pieces into thin slices
- Soak the sliced deep fried tofu pieces in hot water for 2-3 minutes
- Wash the rice multiple times and remove the milky colored water
- Add the rice into a pressure cooker pot
Takenoko Gohan (Bamboo Rice) Sauce
- Add the sugar, cooking alcohol, mirin, soy sauce, dashi and water into the pressure cooker pot with the rice
- Finally, add the sliced bamboo, konnyaku and deep fried tofu pieces into the same pressure cooker pot
- Cook on low pressure for 12 minutes (or follow your pressure cooker's "rice" cooking program)
- Open the pressure cook and mix everything well
- Serve and enjoy
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