Easiest Way to Make Quick Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice

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As for the number of servings that can be served to make Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice is 8 servings. So make sure this portion is enough to serve for yourself and your beloved family.

Just in addition, the time it takes to cook Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice estimated approx 60 mins.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can cook Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice using 10 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

My husband is from Korea and when he called his family in Korea and heard that they were having this special sweet mochi rice during Obon, he really wanted to have it too. So, of course, I decided to make this for him! In Korea, you can also get a sweeter, oilier version. This recipe may also be a bit oily for some people, so I suggest reducing the sesame oil to 1 or 1.5 tablespoons instead. Reducing the amount of salt might also be good depending on your taste. (Recipe by sarahkawa)

Ingredients and spices that need to be Take to make Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice:

1. 1 kg mochi rice (sticky rice/glutinous rice)
2. 3 Tbsp soy sauce
3. 2 Tbsp sesame oil
4. 2 Tbsp salt
5. 50 grams luo han guo
6. 30 grams beet sugar or brown sugar
7. 1 dash cinnamon
8. 15 peeled sweet chestnuts
9. 70 grams pine nuts
10. Dates or other dried fruits

Steps to make to make Yaksik - Traditional Korean Sweet Rice

1. Rinse the mochi sticky rice and pre-soak overnight or for at least 5 hours.
2. The following day, drain it in a fine mesh sieve.
3. Add to the rice cooker bowl and add enough water to just cover.
4. Add the soy sauce, sesame oil, salt, sugar, luo han guo and cinnamon. These amounts are will give you the typical Korean flavor (rich!), so reduce the amounts of the seasons for a milder version.
5. While the rice is soaking, prepare a bowl or a container to mix the other ingredients. It is common to add chestnuts, pine nuts, and jujubes, but you could also use dried fruit and nuts.
6. Dry roast the pine nuts in a frying pan.
7. Cut the chestnuts in half, then remove them from their shells. It is easy to peel the chestnuts if you first cut them in half with a knife, make a small cut with scissors, then peel. Remove the inner skins, too.
8. Add the dried fruit of your choice to the rice cooker and mix them into the rice. Top the mixture with the chestnuts and the pine nuts. Set the rice cooker to the "mochi rice" setting and cook.
9. It's done...
10. Let the rice steam a bit. It should look like this when mixed.
11. Pack the sweet mochi rice into a container or cake pan (to make it easier to serve).
12. Cut the rice into desired sizes, then serve.
13. If you don't plan to serve it right away, cover it with plastic wrap and freeze. Defrost at room temperature before serving.

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