Colonel Crispy goes into the rice cooker pot, however does one thing tasty come out?
Some of the widespread financial points we discover ourselves confronted with is the query of “How a lot of our assets ought to we preserve in money, and the way a lot ought to we convert to fried hen?” As with all funding determination, the reply goes to range relying on present market situations, and proper now it’s a patrons’ market, because of a half-off promotion at KFC Japan for his or her Colonel Crispy boneless hen tenders.
▼ Really it’s a good higher deal than half off, with a three-piece order presently going for 430 yen (US$3.10) as a substitute of the common 870.
And so it was that our Japanese-language reporter Seiji Nakazawa got here again from his purchasing run with six items of Colonel Crispy. The hen is seasoned with garlic and soy sauce, for a taste with similarities to Japanese-style karaage fried hen, and as he plated the strips already their aroma was beckoning him to dig in. Simply earlier than Seiji succumbed to temptation and devoured all of them, although, he had an concept.
Seiji has been having kind of a rice cooker renaissance not too long ago, utilizing the surprisingly versatile kitchen equipment to make varied sorts of sizzling pot. So he discovered himself questioning, what would occur if he tossed his KFC into the rice cooker together with some rice?
Theoretically, the consequence must be a kind of takikomi gohan, a mode of Japanese cooking wherein you prepare dinner meat or greens collectively in the identical pot with rice in order that the flavors of the additional components seep into the grains. Nevertheless, when making orthodox takikomi gohan you’re additionally supposed so as to add soy sauce and different seasonings to the combination. With the Colonel Crispy already being so aromatic, and with Seiji being so bored with expending additional power for meal-prep, he determined to take an opportunity and make his Colonel Crispy takikomi gohan utilizing solely the fried hen, rice, and water essential to prepare dinner the grains, whilst he fearful that it may not be flavorful sufficient.
▼ In ya go, all people!
One other potential drawback is that whereas hen is a typical ingredient in takikomi gohan, it’s not usually breaded. Would the Colonel Crispy’s coating forestall the juices of the meat, the half that’s seasoned with garlic and soy sauce, from being launched and mixing with the rice?
All of those ideas had been swirling by means of Seiji’s head, however the die had been forged/the beginning button pushed, so all he might do was wait impatiently for the rice cooker’s 45-minute cooking cycle to complete.
When the time was up, Seiji popped open the lid, and a scent each meaty and starchy, harking back to chicken-broth ramen, wafted upwards.
Grabbing a rice scoop and giving the combination just a few stirs, Seiji noticed the rice taking over a golden shade, suggesting that the fried hen had certainly been in a position to impart some extent of its taste to the rice.
He additionally found that the fried hen’s time within the rice cooker had totally tenderized it, sufficient in order that he might lower it with the sting of the rice scoop, making “Colonel Crispy” now really feel like a misnomer.
It smelled and appeared good, however wouldn’t it style good?
Seiji took a chunk…
…after which he took one other chunk to make sure…
…after which he took yet one more chunk, as a result of it was actually, actually good!
Seiji’s worries about whether or not sufficient of the Colonel Crispy taste would switch to the rice turned out to be utterly pointless, because the meaty sensation and garlic and soy notes permeated the grains all the way in which to the core. On the similar time, the flavour wasn’t overpowering. It was good, and Seiji is now totally satisfied that including every other components or seasonings to the pot moreover rice, Colonel Crispy, and water would solely serve to disrupt the superbly palate-pleasing steadiness.
KFC Japan’s half-off Colonel Crispy deal is occurring till October 22, so there’s nonetheless time for Seiji to whip up one other batch of this super-easy takikomi gohan at a reduced worth, offered his rice cooker isn’t in any other case occupied with making him some sukiyaki or chanko sumo stew.
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