Takikomi Gohan (Japanese mixed mushroom rice)

Ingredients

• 2 cups short grain Japanese rice
• 2 cups water
• 1 tablespoon soy sauce
• 1 tablespoon sake
• 1 teaspoon mirin
• 1/2 packet dashi powder
• 1 pack shimeji (brown beech mushrooms)
• 4 dried shiitake
• 1 sheet abruaage

Steps

1. Soak dried shiitake in ¼ cup of hot water and let mushrooms rehydrate. Once rehydrated, slice shiitake and save the water
2. Slice abruaage into small strips
3. Wash rice until water runs clear and strain
4. Add rice to rice cooker along with remaining 1 3/4 cup water, soy sauce, mirin, sake, dashi powder, shiitake water and mix
5. Add sliced shiitake, aburaage and shimeji on top of rice and cook rice according to rice cooker timer