Takikomi gohan

Takenoko gohan (筍御飯), one of the takikomi gohan (炊き込み御飯).

Takikomi gohan (炊き込みご飯) is a Japanese rice dish seasoned with dashi and soy sauce along with mushrooms, vegetables, meat, or fish. The ingredients of takikomi gohan are cooked with the rice; in a similar preparation, maze gohan, flavorful ingredients are mixed into cooked rice. Takikomi gohan is often called gomoku gohan. Loosely translated it means "five ingredients mixed rice." The contents often revolve around seasonal availability and can include matsutake mushrooms, bamboo shoots, fresh soybeans, chestnuts, or oysters. Burdock root is also a common complement.

Variations

• Tai-meshi: rice with whole sea bream
• Ayu-meshi: rice with whole sweetfish
• Matsutake gohan: rice with matsutake mushrooms
• Kani-meshi: rice with crab

See also

• Arroz con Pollo, Arroz con gandules, Platillo Moros y Cristianos, Gallo Pinto, Pabellón criollo, Rice and beans (Latin America)
• Fried Rice (East Asia)
• Jambalaya (Louisiana)
• Jollof rice (West Africa)
• Hoppin' John (Southern United States)
• Kabsa (Saudi Arabia)
• Kedgeree (England)
• Nasi Goreng (Indonesia)
• Paella (Spain)
• Pilaf/Pulao (Greece, Balkans, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia, South Asia)
• Rice and peas (Caribbean)
• Risotto (Italy)
• Spanish rice (United States of America)