Step by step
Recipe for Rainbow Trout Hijiki Rice
Ingredients
For 4-6 servings
- 1 tbsp dried hijiki
- 2 c short-grain white rice, rinsed
- 1 ½ c dashi
- 2 tbsp sake
- 2 tsp soy sauce
- 2 tsp sesame oil
- 2 tsp mirin or sake
- 10 oz salted rainbow trout
- 1 green onion, sliced
- Lemon wedges for serving
Step by step
step 1
Soak the dried hijiki in a large bowl of cold water 30 minutes prior to cooking. Gently transfer the hijiki by hand into a colander and rinse thoroughly under running water and drain well.
step 2
While hijiki is soaking, prepare the rice mixture: in a rice cooker, combine rice, dashi, soy sauce, sesame oil, mirin or sake and soak for 20 minutes.
step 3
Add in the rehydrated hijiki and salted rainbow trout.
step 4
Turn rice cooker on to the white rice setting and cook until done. Once cooked, let the rice sit in the rice cooker for 20 minutes.
step 5
With a rice paddle, fluff the rice and break up the salted trout into bite sized pieces.
step 6
Top with sliced scallions and a wedge of fresh lemon!
