Rice cooker cooking

I made a rice dish in my rice cooker with the stuff I'd brought back fromTairaya. It was good, and I shared some of it with another ALT who lives in my building. He is new to cooking, so I thought he'd appreciate it. And he did.

Today, I went to Tairaya and got some more salmon and made the dish again. Here is a rough recipe for those of you who can wing it in the kitchen:

1 measure of rice (use the cup that came with your rice cooker)
Toppings (use the toppings of your choice; here is what I used)
1 myoga, sliced
3 fresh shiitake mushrooms, sliced
Salmon with skin and bones removed
About 1/3 cup chopped onion
1 T soy sauce
1.5 T sake
1.5 tsp rice vinegar

Clean the rice as usual. Put the rice in the cooker, and add the usual amount of water. Put your toppings on the rice, then add the soy sauce, sake and rice vinegar. Put some sake in the cook to0, if you wish.

Cook the rice as usual. Let it sit about 10 minutes after it's done. Flake the salmon with a fork, then mix the toppings and rice together. Serve.

I will probably get two meals out of this. YMMV (Your mileage may vary.)

There is a bit of a pun here, as both sake (the alcoholic drink) and salmon are "sake" (さけ) in Japanese. The Chinese characters, or kanji, are different: 酒 and 鮭.


Here is the myoga.








And the shiitake mushrooms.











Here is everything before cooking.









And afterwards.








And ready to eat!








You could probably add peppers, garlic or other spices to taste. Experiment and have fun!