Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, abura-age & carrot takikomi gohan. One of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

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Abura-age (油揚げ), is a Japanese food product made from twice-fried soybeans. Abura-age is often used to wrap inari-zushi (稲荷寿司), and is added to miso soup. It is also added to udon noodle dishes, which are called kitsune-udon because of legends that foxes.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook abura-age & carrot takikomi gohan using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan:

1. Make ready (*180ml cup) Japanese Short Grain Rice
2. Take Abura-age (Fried Thin Tofu)
3. Prepare small Carrot
4. Prepare Dashi Stock *OR Water and 1 teaspoon Dashi Powder
5. Take Salt
6. Take Soy Sauce
7. Prepare Sake (Rice Wine)
8. Take Spring Onion *finely chopped
9. Prepare Toasted Sesame Seeds

Aburaage, also called Usuage, is thin deep fried tofu. It has a mild soy flavor and a spongy texture and absorbs seasonings well. You can open it up and make a pouch to use for Inarizushi or cut thinly to use for Miso soup, and it is also a main ingredient for Kitsune Udon. It often comes packaged as squares or rectangles.

Instructions to make Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan:

1. Wrap Abura-age with paper towel and warm in the microwave. Then press it to remove excess oil if required. This process is optional.
2. Cut Abura-age and Carrot into small pieces. Today I cut Carrot into strips using a vegetable slicer.
3. Wash Rice by stirring it thoroughly in water with your hand and drain the water. Repeat this a few more times until water flows through clear.
4. Place it into the rice cooker’s inner pot and add Dashi Stock, Salt, Soy Sauce and Sake (Rice Wine). Add extra Water, if necessary, to make up to the 2-cups-marking. Gently stir.
5. Place Abura-age and Carrot pieces over the rice evenly. Press ‘COOK’ button to start cooking. When the rice is cooked, let it steamed for 10 minutes. Then loosen and mix gently.
6. Sprinkle with some finely chopped Spring Onion and Toasted Sesame Seeds on top and enjoy.

Aburaage is a thin slice of tofu that has been deep-fried. When fried, they puff up and form a big air pocket inside. They are essentially big golden pouches of fried tofu. You can try to make aburaage (I don't love deep-frying at home), but most people buy already fried aburaage. Buying tofu is a lot cheaper, so I tried making some aburaage from scratch.

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