Nikumaki From My Dress Up Darling

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Author CHEFPK

Prep time

30 Min

Cook time

20 Min

Total time

50 Min

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Nikumaki

This is THE meat dish to eat when you want something incredibly savory and that can fill you up thanks to the rice ball underneath it all.

Ingredients

• 4oz Thinly Sliced Beef
• 6oz Cooked White Rice, Room temp
• 3oz Soy Sauce
• 2oz Mirin
• 2oz Cooking Sake
• 2oz Water
• 1T Sugar

Instructions

1. If you don’t have any rice ready you can make some fresh in your rice cooker or method of choice. If you have left over rice, simply microwave the portion you need for 45 seconds or until around room temperature.
2. Take your rice in your hand and gently press into a ball. Be careful to not smash the rice! You want to press it together rather than smash the grains.
3. Wrap the rice with the thin slices of beef making sure to overlap them as best as you can. Repeat this process until you have used all of the beef and you have covered the rice. Gently press it together with both hands to make sure the beef stays together.
4. In a small 6-8” saute pan add the soy sauce, mirin, sake, water and sugar and bring to a simmer. Heat for 2-3 minutes then place the rice ball into the pan.
5. Use a large spoon to baste the rice ball as it cooks and rotate the ball every minute to make sure it cooks evenly. The rice ball should cook in about 5-6 minutes. Remove from the heat and place on a plate.
6. Reduce the remaining sauce until it has thickened enough to drizzle over the rice ball for extra flavor.
7. You can dig right in with a fork and knife or wrap it in parchment paper then go all in.