Japanese Rice With Salted Peanuts and Scallions

"this is a great side dish, slightly different from the other one here. Japanese rice is a short grain rice often called sushi rice. You can substitute arborio"
 
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Ready In:
30mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4
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ingredients

  • 2 cups short-grain japanese rice
  • 5 tablespoons salted peanuts
  • 2 scallions, sliced thinly across
  • 1 teaspoon peanut oil
  • kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
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directions

  • Lightly rinse the rice in a sieve until all the rice is wet. Put it in a 6-cup saucepan with 2 cups water and let it soak for 30 minutes.
  • Crush the peanuts lightly to the size of whole peppercorns. This is easy to do by pressing a small, heavy saucepan on the peanuts with a rocking motion.
  • Stir the rice well and place the saucepan over high heat. Let the rice come to a boil. Stir it again and turn the heat down as low as possible. Cover the saucepan with a tight-fitting lid and let simmer for 11 minutes. Move the rice off the heat and let it sit, covered for 5 minutes.
  • Transfer the rice to a bowl, stir well, and let cool for 10 minutes. Fold in the peanuts, scallions, oil, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Shape the rice in a mold.
  • For assembly:.
  • Choose a simple, colorful plate that contrasts in both shape and color with the rice.

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Reviews

  1. Great and rich, tempura or teriyaki burgers are served with the vegetable-flavored Japanese rice.
     
  2. Really simple and very good. Thanks for sharing.
     
  3. I was getting ready to review this just now and thought, "you know, I'd probably like this better if I got some better-quality sushi rice instead of that cheap stuff I got at the grocery store." That said, my husband really liked it and he doesn't usually go for rice. I will get some better rice and review again. It is a nice combination of flavors, I'm just thinking I didn't use good rice for a base. Reviewed (as such) for Healthy Choices ABC tag game.
     
  4. Nice rice dish, very simple, but the peanut oil wakes up the flavor. I made this in a timeshare vacation's kitchen, so I lacked a fine sieve to rinse the rice, and I used a measuring cup as a mold. The Japanese like to mold their rice with a well in the center to hold some of the sauce served with the entree. Japanese/sushi rice is sticky and will hold the mold's shape easily. Thank you for sharing this recipe, Marra. Made for Newest Zaar Tag.
     
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