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pepper lunch recipe

Pepper Lunch in Rice Cooker

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Prep Time:10 minutes
Cook Time:1 hour
Course: Main Course, Side Dish, Snack
Cuisine: Japanese
Keyword: easy japanese food, easy recipes, homemade food, pepper lunch, rice cooker recipe, rice recipe
Servings: 2 people

Equipment

  • 1 Rice cooker minimum 3 cup rice cooker

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups Japanese short grain rice (or 2 rice cooker cups)
  • 1/3 thinly sliced onion
  • 1/2 cup corn
  • 1/2 lb thinly sliced beef
  • salt and pepper
  • 1 cup stock or water (or 1.25 rice cooker cups)

Sauce

  • 4 tbsp soy sauce
  • 3 tbsp mirin
  • 3 tbsp sake
  • 1 tbsp dashi powder
  • 1 tbsp sugar
  • 1 tsp grated ginger
  • 1 tbsp grated garlic

Toppings

  • chopped green onion
  • butter
  • shichimi togarashi
  • corn add more corn
  • pickled red ginger
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Wash and drain rice 3-4 times until the water runs less milky (it's ok if it's not completely clear). You can wash in the rice cooker bowl or a large mesh strainer
    wash rice
  • Add washed and drained rice to rice cooker 
  • Add sauce ingredients to rice
    add sauce
  • Add stock or water
    add chicken stock
  • Mix rice so all the ingredients are combined together
    mix rice
  • Add in sliced onion, corn, and sliced beef respectively
    Add onion and corn
  • Season beef with a pinch of salt and pepper
    salt and pepper beef
  • Close the lid and set rice cooker to the usual cooking time for rice. My rice cooker cooks rice in 55 minutes
    rice cooker
  • Once the cooking time is done, mix the rice in a cutting motion to distribute the toppings evenly
    mix rice
  • Place cooked rice in a bowl and add preferred toppings
    Add toppings
  • Serve in a bowl and enjoy
    serve in bowl
  • Or make it into onigiri or rice balls (I am using an onigiri mold)
    onigiri
  • You can take the onigiri as a snack on the go and enjoy!
    rice ball