炊(た)き込(こ)みご飯(はん)

炊(た)き込(こ)みご飯(はん) is rice cooked together with ingredients and seasonings (醤油(しょうゆ), 出汁(だし), etc.) in the same pot. A staple of Japanese home cooking, often made seasonally.

Types

• 栗(くり)ご飯(はん): chestnut rice (秋(あき))
• 筍(たけのこ)ご飯(はん): bamboo shoot rice (春(はる))
• 松茸(まつたけ)ご飯(はん): matsutake mushroom rice
• 鯛(たい)めし: sea bream rice
• 鶏(とり)ごぼうの炊(た)き込(こ)みご飯(はん): chicken and burdock root rice

Similar words

• 混(ま)ぜご飯(はん): rice mixed with ingredients after cooking (different technique)
• 炊(た)き込(こ)みご飯(はん): ingredients cooked together with the rice from the start

The two are sometimes used interchangeably in casual speech.

Cultural note

Often associated with seasonal cooking (旬(しゅん)). Making 炊(た)き込(こ)みご飯(はん) with seasonal ingredients is a way to enjoy the changing seasons through food.