Author Notes
I love chestnut! This is Japanese home cooking I often try in fall season. Very simple. I serve it after main course, with soup(miso or salty flavor). —burio
Ingredients
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2 cups
fresh chestnut
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2 cups
rice
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2 cups
water
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0.5 teaspoons
salt
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2 tablespoons
sake **
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2
inch square konbu(dried kelp for "dashi") **
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** you should not use these if you don't have .
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Sprig
of sesami(black) and salt for season on your own
Directions
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Put chestnuts and water ( not listed) in deep pan and cook for 20-30min.
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Peel hard skin and soft skin inside it. You can easily peel these if skins are wet enough.
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Rinse rice, add 2cup water and leave for 30 min to penetrate water into rice.
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Add salt, sake, konbu to rice and water in the deep pan. Top with peeled chestnut. Cover tightly with lid.
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Cook 10-12min over medium-low heat until water is boiled away Do not stir, not remove lid exept when checking water.
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Remove from heat, and leave15min to steam rice enough.
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Serve and season with sesami and salt.
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