5 Minute Tuna & Veggie Mixed Rice (Fried Rice Japanese Style)

This recipe is so quick and easy. Your rice cooker does all the work for you!

I make this recipe when I'm tight on time and needing one extra dish at the dinner table. I made this today with the chicken wings (see previous post).  It's also tasty if you pour some of the sauce from the wings on the rice too.

I also make this alot when my kids go through the picky eating phase. I dice up tons of veggies and sneak them in!

If I have leftovers, I throw it in a ziplock bag and freeze it (tastes good reheated too) or I make them into rice balls (onigiri) for lunch.

Rice (uncooked)	2 Cups
Tuna	1 Can (regular size not mini)
*Soy Sauce	2 Tablespoons
*Cooking Sake	2 Tablespoons
*Chicken stock powder	1 Teaspoon
Carrots	1/2 or to your liking
Peas or Edamame	1 Handful or to your liking
Shiitake Mushrooms (optional)	3-4 or to your liking

How to:

1. Dice up the carrot and shiitake mushrooms into bite size pieces and set aside.
2. Wash 2 cups of rice in the rice cooker pot as you normally would when preparing to cook rice. Drain out the water.
3. Add the ingredients in asterisks (*) in the rice cooker pot BEFORE adding water.
4. Fill the rice cooker pot with water to the 2 cup line.  If measuring water in a cup, add a tad bit less than you normally would(each machine varies).
5. Throw in the carrots, peas/edamame and shiitake mushrooms.
6. Break apart the tuna chunk into pieces and also add to the pot.
7. Cook rice as per your regular settings.
8. When the rice is cooked, let sit for 10 minutes and serve.

Helpful tips:

You can probably substitute canned salmon for tuna but I have never tried it.
You do not need to stick to the veggies that I've listed above. Spinach is yummy too. Feel free to throw in whatever veggies are lying around in your fridge.

Special Mention/Credits:

This recipe was posted on cookpad.com by maca-san. This recipe is not my own. I am simply translating it to share with all of you. The original recipe along with photos can be found here http://cookpad.com/recipe/1818651.

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