Dinner for 2

Kabocha Squash Rice

Name: Kabocha Squash Rice
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 2 cups kabocha squash; 1 1/2 cup japanese short grain rice; 1 1/2 cup cold water; 1 tbsp japanese cooking sake; 1 tsp sea salt; 4 1/2 drops sesame oil

$6.66for 425 minServes 2

Japanese short-grain rice cooks with kabocha squash, sake, salt, and sesame oil in an Instant Pot.

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What it costs

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Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Winter squash (butternut, 0.65 lb$1.29/lb typical	0.65 lb	$0.81Typical price
	Rice, 9.75 oz$0.08/oz typical	9.75 oz	$0.78Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$3.33

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2servings as written
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Typical price

$1.67 per serving$6.66 for 4

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Ingredients

2 cups kabocha squash
1 1/2 cup japanese short grain rice
1 1/2 cup cold water
1 tbsp japanese cooking sake
1 tsp sea salt
4 1/2 drops sesame oil

Steps

Rinse the rice under cold water until the water runs mostly clear.
Add the rice, squash, cold water, sake, salt, and sesame oil to the Instant Pot.
Seal the pot and cook on high pressure for 5 minutes.
Let the pressure release naturally for 10 minutes, then fluff the rice and squash together.