Shiso Garlic Rice with Basil
Here is the fourth and final dish I made using the gift of basil I received last week. It looks like an innocent little rice dish. But don’t be fooled, this is not for the faint of heart.
This rice dish has the strong tastes of shiso, garlic, and basil. If you like all three of these ingredients, great – you’ll probably enjoy it. If you aren’t a fan of one or more of these ingredients, consider trying the milder edamame rice recipe.
If you’re still with me, here we go…
INGREDIENTS
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 to 2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp oil
2 to 3 tsp shiso furikake
6 to 8 leaves sweet basil, chopped
DIRECTIONS
Fry up the minced garlic in the oil until light brown.
Add in the cooked brown rice and shiso furikake.
After mixing for a couple minutes, turn off the heat then add in the chopped sweet basil.
Mix one last time, letting the basil slightly wilt down.
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6 comments - April 26, 2008
That sounds good. The shiso furikake sounds really interesting. I have been wanting to try shiso for a while now.
Hi Kevin,
Considering all the Japanese foods you like, I think you would also like shiso. I like to eat the fresh leaves in sushi or with sashimi. There’s also a dish at an izakaya restaurant I go to that wraps thin pieces of pork with shiso. Mmmmm!
Is this with regular basil (as in Italian cooking)? I assume it’s not Thai (holy) basil… We had garlic fried rice in a Japanese restaurant a while ago, and oh my it was the most potent and garlicky fried rice we’ve had and we loved it! Would like to make this, should be great with basil mixed in. I have a variety of furikake although don’t think I can get hold of shiso…
Hi Nilmandra,
Yes, this is regular Italian type basil. That garlic fried rice you had sounds really good! This one isn’t as potent with the garlic, it’s a little stronger on the shiso/basil side.
what izakaya are you talking about? i loved having the pork with shiso from the robata bar at gonbei, who then moved to hanabi. but they are both gone. i had something similar at tokkuri tei, but it wasn’t quite the same? i’d LOVE to have that again.
Hi Sara,
I had the shiso pork at Tokkuri Tei. But I don’t really recommend that izakaya anymore, on some days the service can be very rude. I think I’ll try making it at home, or keep trying to find it at another izakaya like you. I hope at least one of us can find it!
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