Discover exactly how to make Korean sweet rice treat– Yaksik (Yakbap)!
What is Yaksik (Yakbap)
Today’s dish is Korean sweet rice with dried fruit and nuts.
Its Korean name is Yaksik/ Yakshik (약식) or Yakbap (약밥). It indicates medical food.
Among the essential active ingredients utilized is honey and honey was taken into consideration as a medication in the old days in Korea.
Formally Yaksik is just one of the foods you would certainly consume on the very first moon of the brand-new year (in the lunar schedule)– Jeongwol Daeboreum (정월대보름).
Nevertheless, it is likewise generally offered on various other joyful events such as Korean brand-new year’s day (Seollal), Korean harvest celebration (Chuseok), at a wedding party or at a 60th birthday celebration event.
Anyhow, Yaksik utilized to among my preferred childhood years Korean treats! This is likewise ideal for on the move morning meal or treats and also appropriate for present providing too.
What remains in Yaksik (Yakbap)
As you can collect from the detailed name– sweet rice with dried fruit and nuts– the cornerstones are sweet rice (brief grain glutinous rice), dried fruit (e.g. jujubes and raisins/sultanas) and nuts (e.g. chestnuts and want nuts).
Nevertheless various other sorts of dried fruit and nuts (e.g. cranberries, walnuts, pecan, sunflower seeds and so on) can be utilized conversely.
For sauce, honey and/ or dark brownish sugar, soy sauce, sesame oil and cinnamon powder is utilized.
The structure is fairly soft and sticky. The taste is sweet, somewhat salted and filled with healthy and balanced dried fruit and nuts. The fragrance from sesame oil includes a wonderful incredible experience too.
When I offered this Yaksik to my child for the very first time a few days ago, she was all extremely ecstatic since she assumed she was obtaining an item of western design cake. Once she attacked a bit, she made an actually amusing appearance– ‘what did you simply provide me? this is no cake! I was ripped off!’. It was truly amusing viewing her dissatisfied face. Quickly afterwards, she claimed she does not like it so she offered it back to me.
After that a couple of hrs later on, I was taking pleasure in Yaksik for my five-o’clock tea and my child asked what I was having? I informed her it’s Yaksik. After that she informed me she intends to attempt some. I advised her that she really did not like it previously however I still used some. She attacked it and she screamed out loud, “I enjoy it!” And ever since she likes consuming Yaksik.
So why am I sharing this tale? … If you or your member of the family are not utilized to having this type of Korean sweet treat, you/they may not like it in the very first circumstances, however it can expand on you rather swiftly. Just time will certainly inform.
Anyhow, I wish you appreciate this sweet reward!
P.S. I utilized my Cuckoo rice stove for the dish listed below. Conversely, you can utilize various other programmable stress stoves such as an immediate pot and even an oven top based stress stove.
Components for Korean Sweet Rice with Dried Fruit and Nuts (for 9 huge bars)
Key
- 3 mugs * sweet rice (brief grain glutinous rice)
- 2 mugs * water
- 2 Tablespoon want nuts
- 15 chestnuts (regarding 120g, 4.2 ounces)– skin peeled off and reduced right into 3 or 4 smaller sized items (I utilized icy ones, which are readily available from a Korean supermarket. You can utilize fresh ones if you can obtain them. A tinned variation is likewise readily available from Korean supermarket.)
- 1/4 mug raisins
- 1/4 mug dried cranberries
- 10 dried matched jujubes ( red days)– washed and cut in half
Spices sauce (mix these in a dish)
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoon honey
- 1/3 mug dark brownish sugar
- 2 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/8 tsp great sea salt
Decor (variety of needed active ingredients will certainly differ relying on the dimension of each bar item)
- 1 Tablespoon want nuts
- 2 to 3 dried matched jujubes– rinsed and reduced up and down in one edge and roll it up. very finely cut
Dimension
- 1 mug * = 180 ml (making use of rice gauging mug). This is equal to 3/4 basic gauging mug.
- 1 Tablespoon = 15 ml, 1/3 mug = 80 ml, 1/4 mug = 60 ml
Exactly How to Make Korean Sweet Rice With Dried Fruit And Nuts
1. Place the sweet rice right into the rice stove pot and wash it with chilly running water a number of times (up until the water is clear). Drain pipes the water.
2. Include the food preparation water and the spices sauce right into the rice stove pot and blend them well.
3. Include the nuts and fruit on the top. See to it these are equally spread out in the pot.
4. Establish the “multi vapor” feature for 35 minutes and chef. — This is based upon my cuckoo rice stove setup.
5. Once it’s all prepared, carefully mix and mix around the rice, dried fruit and nuts with a rice inside story. Place them right into a tool sized square or rectangular shape mould. (I simply utilized a pyrex container. You can likewise utilize a cooking mould.) Cool off for 20 to 30 minutes in the mould.
6. Suggestion the mould over the reducing board and obtain the Yaksik out. Embellish Yaksik with want nuts and cut jujube with a big space in between. (Decor is optional. Visualize the cutting by dimension initially to permit sufficient space for decor and cutting. If you’re making smaller sized ones, you will certainly need to embellish extra.)
7. Cut the Yaksik right into your favored dimension.
8. Offer. For Yaksik that are except instant intake, cover them independently with food cover, save them in a container and maintain it in the refrigerator (for a couple of days) or fridge freezer (approximately a couple of months).
Note
- As I pointed out previously, this dish is utilized with my rice stove, which is a route means of making Yaksik. The typical (cleaner) technique can take 7-10 hrs of prepping and cooking time. Feel confident, my dish variation preferences equally as excellent as the typical technique!
- Yaksik form can be rounded or square. It does not need to be rectangle-shaped. You can also utilize any type of forms of cookie cutter (e.g. heart) to make your much-loved designed Yaksik. In this celebration, the decor will certainly need to be done after the cutting.
- While Yaksik can be eaten chilly (straight from the refrigerator), it tastes much better if it was neglected at space temperature level for 20 to 30 minutes to soften a little bit. If it was maintained in the fridge freezer, take them out and thaw for 3 to 4 hrs at space temperature level. (They can be neglected overnight for morning meal the following day.) It is microwavable (regarding 2 minutes if it was iced up).
- If you desire softer and stickier distinctive Yaksik and/ or if you’re mosting likely to save it for greater than 2 days, I advise saturating the rice for 1 human resources prior to food preparation (after action 1).
Korean Sweet Rice with Dried Fruit and Nuts
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Components
Key
- 3 mugs * sweet rice brief grain glutinous rice
- 2 mugs * water
- 2 Tablespoon want nuts
- 15 chestnuts( regarding 120 g, 4.2 ounces)– skin peeled off and reduced right into 3 or 4 smaller sized items (I utilized icy ones, which are readily available from a Korean supermarket. You can utilize fresh ones if you can obtain them. A tinned variation is likewise readily available from Korean supermarket.)
- 1/4 mug raisins
- 1/4 mug dried cranberries
- 10 matched dried jujube red days– rinsed and cut in half
Spices sauce (mix these in a dish)
- 1 Tablespoon soy sauce
- 2 Tablespoon honey
- 1/3 mug dark brownish sugar
- 2 Tablespoon sesame oil
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon powder
- 1/8 tsp great sea salt
Decor (variety of needed active ingredients will certainly differ relying on the dimension of each bar item.)
- 1 Tablespoon want nuts
- 2 to 3 matched dried jujube, rinsed and reduced up and down one edge and roll it up. very finely cut
Guidelines
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Placed the sweet rice right into the rice stove pot and wash it with chilly running water a number of times (up until the water is clear). Drain pipes the water.
-
Include the food preparation water and the spices sauce right into the rice stove pot and blend them well.
-
Include the nuts and fruit on the top. See to it these are equally spread out in the pot.
-
Establish the “multi vapor” feature for 35 minutes and chef. – This is based upon my cuckoo rice stove setup.
-
Once it’s all prepared, carefully mix and mix around the rice, dried fruit and nuts with a rice inside story. Place them right into a tool sized square or rectangular shape mould. (I simply utilized a pyrex container. You can likewise utilize a cooking mould.) Cool off for 20 to 30 minutes in the mould.
-
Suggestion the mould over the reducing board and obtain the Yaksik out. Embellish Yaksik with want nuts and cut jujube with a big space in between. (Decor is optional. Visualize the cutting by dimension initially to permit sufficient space for decor and cutting. If you’re making smaller sized ones, you will certainly need to embellish extra.)
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Cut the Yaksik right into your favored dimension.
-
Offer. For Yaksik that are except instant intake, cover them independently with food cover, save them in a container and maintain it in the refrigerator (for a couple of days) or fridge freezer (approximately a couple of months).
Notes
- 1 mug * = 180 ml (making use of rice gauging mug). This is equal to 3/4 basic gauging mug.
- 1 Tablespoon = 15 ml, 1/3 mug = 80 ml, 1/4 mug = 60 ml
Nourishment Information (per offering)
The nourishment info revealed is a quote offered by an on-line nourishment calculator. It needs to not be taken into consideration an alternative to an expert nutritional expert’s guidance.
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