Recipe: Tasty Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan

Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan. 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. Deep fried tofu, or abura-age, is used in soups, one pot cookery, noodle dishes, and in many other ways.

Aburaage (油揚げ) is Japanese deep-fried tofu pouches made from soybeans. It is made by cutting tofu into thin slices and deep-fried two times. Aburaage, also called Usuage, is thin deep fried tofu. You can cook Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan using 9 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan

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

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. Aburage (properly called abura-age = 油揚げ) is a Japanese food product made from soybeans.

Abura-age & Carrot Takikomi Gohan instructions

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..

It is produced by cutting tofu into thin slices and deep frying it. Aburage is often used to wrap inarizushi (稲荷寿司), and is added to miso soup. 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.