【Japanese Food Recipes】Rice-Stuffed Squid ("Ikameshi")

"Ikameshi" (literally means "squid rice") is originally a local dish from Hokkaido. It has become a common dish throughout Japan.
Ikameshi was invented as an "ekiben" (bento, or packed meal, sold at railway stations) at Mori Station in Hokkaido during the Second World War, when the rice was in short supply. It gained a reputation for being delicious and filling. You can still buy the ekiben at Mori Station.

[Ingredients]
1000ml water
10g kombu
6 squids
150ml glutinous rice
*1tbsp soy sauce (mix with rice)
*15g ginger (mix with rice)

50ml sake
1.5 tbsp sugar
1.5 tbsp mirin
3 tbsp soy sauce

* 1tbsp = 15ml

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00:00 opening
00:07 kombu dashi (1)
00:21 rinse glutinous rice
00:45 clean the squids
02:07 season the glutinous rice
03:08 stuff the squids with rice
04:15 kombu dashi (2)
04:39 cook the ikameshi
06:04 reduce the sauce
06:32 cut the ikameshi
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