Ochazuke (Rice With Green Tea)

Name: Ochazuke (Rice With Green Tea)
Prep time: 20

4.6

4.6 out of 5 stars (based on 12 reviews)

20 min prep

2 servings

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7 ingredients

At its core, this Japanese comfort food is just rice and freshly green tea. It’s so simple and yet so healing when body is drained or needs nourishment during the more challenging periods of treatment....

2 cups Brown Rice, cooked (for a Bland Diet see Chef Tips)
¼ cup spinach, chopped & blanched
1 teaspoon sesame seeds, toasted
2 teaspoons scallions, chopped
2 teaspoons miso paste (optional)
2 cups green tea, brewed
Nori seaweed, or other to taste (see Chef Tips)

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Nutrition Facts

Calories

231 cals

Fat

3 g

Saturated Fat

1 g

Polyunsaturated Fat

1 g

Monounsaturated Fat

1 g

Carbohydrates

47 g

Sugar

0 g

Fiber

4 g

Protein

6 g

Sodium

8 mg

Directions

Divide rice, spinach, sesame seeds and scallions evenly between two bowls. Add a teaspoon of miso paste into each, if using.
Pour hot green tea evenly over each bowl. Top with seaweed. Eat hot.

Chef Tips

Substitute cooked white rice if you are on a bland diet. Instead of toasted sesame seeds which might irritate, try using a little gomashio, (sesame salt). Buy it in the macrobiotic sections of most health food stores. It’s quite delicious.

Nori is the crisp dark green sheets of seaweed used to wrap around sushi. It is great used as a condiment shredded or crumbled over soups or over rice, as here. Find it in the Asian or international food section in most markets.

Registered Dietitian Approved

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Ochazuke (Rice With Green Tea)