Video summary

This Addictive Rice Cooker Ground Beef & Egg Rice is My New Obsession!

Main summary

Key takeaways

Cooking

Ingredients (with quantities)

  • Rice: 150 g Japanese short-grain rice
    • Wash until water runs clear; then soak in water until ready to cook later.
  • Vegetables & aromatics:
    • 30 g carrot, finely chopped
    • 20 g green onions, finely chopped
    • 1 clove garlic, finely chopped
  • Ground meat:
    • 120 g ground beef
  • Seasoning mixture (mix well):
    • 1 1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
    • 1 Tbsp sake
    • 1 Tbsp mirin
    • 1/2 Tbsp sesame oil
    • 1 1/2 tsp sugar
    • 1 tsp “swami shantan” or stock powder/bouillon (as a substitute)
  • Liquid for cooking:
    • 200 ml water
  • Eggs:
    • 2 eggs, beaten well
  • To finish:
    • Black pepper (recommended, generous)

Equipment

  • Rice cooker (cook like normal white rice; then use keep warm mode)
  • Bowl for seasoning and mixing
  • Bowl for beating eggs

Method (step-by-step with key timings/technique)

  1. Wash rice
    • Rinse 150 g Japanese short-grain rice until the water runs clear.
  2. Soak rice (prep)
    • Soak rice in water until you’re ready to cook later.
  3. Make the seasoning mixture
    • Combine: soy sauce, sake, mirin, sesame oil, sugar, and 1 tsp “swami shantan” or stock powder/bouillon. Mix well.
  4. Assemble in rice cooker bowl
    • Add washed and well-drained rice.
    • Add 200 ml water.
    • Add carrot and spread evenly.
    • Add garlic and spread evenly.
    • Add ground beef (120 g) and spread evenly.
    • Add the seasoning mixture from step 3.
  5. Cook
    • Cook just like normal white rice.
  6. Add eggs after cooking
    • Beat 2 eggs well.
    • Once rice is cooked, pour beaten eggs into the rice cooker.
  7. Finish on keep warm
    • Add chopped green onions.
    • Wait 20 minutes on keep warm mode.
  8. Mix and serve
    • Mix well.
    • For best texture/option: if using eggs safe for raw consumption, it’s suggested to not cook them too much.
    • Sprinkle generously with black pepper and enjoy.

Tips / notes from the subtitles

  • Framed as a “rice cooker hack” combining savory ground beef + egg rice.
  • Keeping eggs less cooked is suggested only if the eggs are safe for raw consumption.
  • Finish with generous black pepper.

Variations discussed

  • Egg doneness:
    • Option to keep eggs less cooked if using eggs safe for raw consumption.

Presenter / channel / sources

  • Presenter/channel name is not provided in the subtitles.
  • No external sources are referenced besides a link to merch (not cooking-related).

Original video