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Rice with Soybeans

A simple and nutritious Japanese dish featuring rice cooked with soybeans.

Cooking time: 45 minutes

Servings: 4 servings

  • Ingredients

    • Rice: 3 cups (uncooked)
    • Boiled soybeans: 80g (2.8 oz)
    • Sake (Japanese rice wine): 2 teaspoons
    • Salt koji powder with dashi (a Japanese seasoning powder that includes fermented rice and soup stock): 1 small packet
  • Preparation

    • Rinse the rice and let it soak for 30 minutes before cooking.
    • In a rice cooker, combine the rice with the appropriate amount of water for 3 cups of rice. Add the boiled soybeans, sake, and salt koji powder. Stir gently and start the rice cooker.

Notes

If salt koji powder is unavailable, you can substitute with a mix of salt and a small amount of dashi powder.