One Pot Salmon, Carrot and Root Rice.

This one pot Salmon, Carrot and Root rice recipe is perfect for when you’re feeling lazy but want to get more nutrition into your meal. Its super easy – chuck all the ingredients into the same pot, chill on the sofa and savour how easy it all was whilst eating it.

Why I love This Dish

I am such a fiend for a one pot recipe. Even though I love cooking there are days where I just need something quick and easy, bonus if it tastes good too. This is one of those recipes. It’s packed with nutritious veggies and protein and has a good glug of Japanese flavour which makes everything taste super yummy.

One Pot Salmon, Carrot and Root Rice Recipe.

Asahi @ Mikusu Kitchen

This one pot Salmon, Carrot and Root rice recipe is perfect for when you're feeling lazy but want to get more nutrition into your meal. Its super easy – chuck all the ingredients into the same pot, chill on the sofa and savour how easy it all was whilst eating it.

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Prep Time 30 minutes mins

Cook Time 20 minutes mins

Course Breakfast, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine Japanese

Servings 4 people

Equipment

• 1 Pressure Cooker (or Rice Cooker)

Ingredients

  

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups short/medium grain rice
• 2 salmon fillet
• 1 small carrot (chopped into small chunks)
• 1 small lotus root (sliced thinly)

Seasonings

• 1.5 cups dashi stock
• 2 tbsp sake
• 2 tbsp mirin
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• 15 g grated ginger

Instructions

 

• Prepare the rice by rinsing it approximately 3 times, until it runs mostly clear. Re-fill and soak for 30 minutes.
• Combine all the ingredients together for the stock and set aside.
• Once rice has finished soaking, drain and add in the seasoned stock. Layer in the carrot, lotus root and salmon fillets. Don't mix at this point, or else it won't cook properly.
• Cook using your preferred method for cooking rice. See notes for a link to a guide on stovetop, instant pot and rice cooker.
• Once finished, take out the salmon and break it into chunks. Add it back to the rice and mix everything together.
• Serve and enjoy!

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Notes

Take a look at my blog post on Japanese mixed rice if you want some guidance on how to cook the rice on a stovetop, Instant Pot or a rice cooker. 

Keyword Easy Japanese Recipes, Easy to Make Japanese Recipes, One Pot Meal, One Pot Rice Recipes, Quick Japanese Recipes, Salmon Recipe

What can I serve with this?

I love that this meal is already nutritionally balanced, which makes it perfect for a lunchbox – I like to make them into onigiri. To make this into a filling dinner I would serve it with some Tofu Miso Soup and some smokey Miso Aubergines.