# Our Family’s Homemade Wakame Rice

A simple and delicious Japanese rice dish with rehydrated wakame seaweed and toasted sesame seeds.

- Servings: 3 servings
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Side
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 2 cups Japanese rice
- 1.5 tbsp cooking sake
- 1.5 tbsp mirin
- 1 tsp salt
- fill to the 2-cup line in your rice cooker Water
- 5 g dried wakame
- 2 tbsp toasted white sesame seeds

## Instructions

1. Rinse the rice.
2. Soak the dried wakame in water until rehydrated, squeeze out excess moisture, and finely chop.
3. Add the rice, sake, mirin, and salt to the rice cooker.
4. Pour in water up to the 2-cup line, lightly mix, and cook as usual.
5. Once cooked, add the wakame and sesame seeds.
6. Gently mix, and it’s ready to serve.

## Equipment

- rice cooker

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRC9uHmW/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/2ed47478-b720-4da4-9477-e7bdac535495
- Extracted: 2026-04-01

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