()ぜご(はん)

まぜごはん
noun
mixed rice; rice mixed with toppings after cooking
1. mixed rice; rice stirred together with cooked ingredients
A rice dish made by mixing cooked rice with separately prepared ingredients such as vegetables, mushrooms, seafood, or meat. Distinguished from 炊き込みご飯, where the ingredients are cooked together with the rice from the start.
(さけ)()ぜご(はん)(つく)る。
To make salmon mixed rice.
(のこ)野菜(やさい)()ぜご(はん)にしよう。
Let's make mixed rice with the leftover vegetables.
()きたてのご(はん)()()ぜるだけで美味(おい)しい()ぜご(はん)ができる。
Just mix ingredients into freshly cooked rice and you have a delicious mixed rice dish.

A rice dish where plain cooked rice is tossed with ingredients and seasonings. The key distinction from similar dishes: the mixing happens after cooking.

SIMILAR WORDS:

  • ()()みご(はん): seasoned rice cooked with ingredients from the start (the ingredients and broth are added to raw rice before cooking)
  • チャーハン: fried rice (stir-fried in a wok with oil)
  • 寿司(すし)めし / 酢(めし): sushi rice (vinegar-seasoned mixed rice)