Chestnut Rice Made with Mochi Rice (Okowa) Made in a Rice Cooker

Name: Chestnut Rice Made with Mochi Rice (Okowa) Made in a Rice Cooker
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 15 Chestnuts; 1 10 cm square piece Kombu; 540 ml Uncooked mochi (sweet or short-grain) rice; 4 tbsp Sake; 1 tsp Salt; 1 Sesame seed salt (gomashio); 650 ml Water

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We received a lot of chestnuts as a gift, and this is the first thing I wanted to make with them!

Cooking okowa rice takes a bit of effort, but if you just do it in a rice cooker, it's easy.

Chestnut rice is something you want to eat at least once every fall.
I made okowa because I had mochi (sweet) rice on hand, but you can make chestnut rice with regular Japanese-stylel rice as well.
Since it's cooked in a rice cooker, you can make this easily at any time! Recipe by Nori mama 1109

We received a lot of chestnuts as a gift, and this is the first thing I wanted to make with them!

Cooking okowa rice takes a bit of effort, but if you just do it in a rice cooker, it's easy.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

We received a lot of chestnuts as a gift, and this is the first thing I wanted to make with them!

Cooking okowa rice takes a bit of effort, but if you just do it in a rice cooker, it's easy.

We received a lot of chestnuts as a gift, and this is the first thing I wanted to make with them!

Cooking okowa rice takes a bit of effort, but if you just do it in a rice cooker, it's easy.

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Ingredients

3 servings

15Chestnuts
110 cm square piece Kombu
540 mlUncooked mochi (sweet or short-grain) rice
4 tbspSake
1 tspSalt
1Sesame seed salt (gomashio)
650 mlWater

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Steps

1

Rinse the mochi rice, and soak in water for 3 ~ 4 hours.
2

Remove the outer shells and inner skins of the chestnuts. This is how I do it: Boil the chestnuts for about 3 minutes, and soak in hot water for about 10 minutes. This makes the chestnuts easier to peel.
3

Add mochi rice, konbu seaweed, sake, and salt. Add the usual amount of water for 3 rice cooker cups. Finally put in the chestnuts, then start cooking. (It might be better to add a tiny bit less water than usual.)
4

Sprinkle sesame seed salt (gomashio) before eating, and it's done!
5

If you don't have mochi rice, you can substitute regular white rice. It will be quite delicious regardless.