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Rice with Fried Bean Curd

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Thin pockets of deep-fried bean curd (aburage) add great flavor to this rice dish.

Serves 6.

Ingredients

500 g/1 lb short grain rice
750 ml/1 1/2 pints/3 cups cold water
4 sheets fried bean curd (aburage)
500 ml/1 pint/21/2 cups dashi or chicken stock
125 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup shoyu (Japanese soy sauce)
125 ml/4 fl oz/1/2 cup mirin or dry sherry
1 tablespoon sugar
6 spring onions (scallions) finely sliced diagonally

Directions

Wash rice and drain. Put into a saucepan with a well-fitting lid and add the water. Bring to the boil over high heat, cover pan and turn heat very low. Cook for 15 minutes without lifting lid. Remove from heat, do not uncover for a further 10 minutes.

While rice is cooking pour 1 litre boiling water over fried bean curd in a colander to remove some of the oil. Cut each sheet of bean curd in half lengthways, then crossways into strips about 1 cm (1/2 in) wide.

In a saucepan combine dashi, soy sauce, mirin and sugar, add strips of bean curd and simmer for 10 minutes. Add spiced spring onions, cover and simmer for 1 minute. Ladle over the rice in a serving bowl or individual bowls and serve hot.


Recipe excerpted from Encyclopedia of Asian Food by Charmaine Solomon (Periplus Editions, 1998)

Anonymous | 07:12:09 06:28pm
Do you have an internet source where I can purchase aburage? I am also trying to find usu age which I understand is sliced thin fried tofu preserved in a can. I am looking for this product for an older Japanese woman but I am having trouble finding it. Thanks for your help.
Neema | 07:14:09 03:38pm
In regards to the Aburaage we found the following website that sells this product: http://www.efooddepot.com/search/quick2.asp For more information and future purchases please visit http://www.justhungry.com/handbook/just-hungry-handbooks/japanese-grocery-store-list/united-states to find a store nearest to you.
Stephanie (Asia Society) | 07:12:09 10:23pm
Hi there! Have you tried AsianFoodGrocer.com? I'm not sure if they have aburage, but they do specialize in Japanese groceries, so maybe you can check. Hope that helps!

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