Takikomi gohan

Takikomi gohan

Takikomi gohan with maitake mushrooms
Course	Main
Place of origin	Japan
Associated cuisine	Japanese cuisine
Serving temperature	Hot
Main ingredients	Japonica rice, mushrooms, vegetables, meat, seafood
Media: Takikomi gohan

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. 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. 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.

History

Takikomi gohan was created during the Nara period. 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. 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.

Difference from maze gohan

Takikomi 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.

Variations

Takikomi gohan with scallops and mushrooms

• Takenoko gohan (筍御飯): Rice with bamboo shoots
• Tai-meshi (鯛飯): Rice with whole sea bream.
• 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, or white-fleshed fish. In the Osaka dialect, this dish is called kayaku gohan (加薬御飯).
• Kamameshi (釜飯): Takikomi gohan cooked and served in a single-serving pot.
• Kuri gohan (栗ご飯): Rice with chestnuts.
• Kufa jūshī (クファジューシー): Okinawan cuisine of rice with pork.
• KFC rice: Rice with fried chicken.

Gallery

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  With oysters
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  With Kakamigahara carrots
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  With matsutake mushrooms
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  With salmon
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  With bamboo shoots

See also

• 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)