Fried rice is the Japanese people’s favorite dish. This historical food that first developed during the Sui Dynasty in China is one of the most popular dishes in Japanese restaurants and is also widely loved as home cooking.
Needless to say, fried rice is quite popular because it tastes flavorsome, and how to make it is relatively easy because it does not require many cooking ingredients.
Usually, you only need cooked rice, olive oil, soy sauce, eggs, and garlic to add an attractive taste and aroma to make fried rice. We can also add a kind of meat or any processed like sausage to make the dish more filling.
Nevertheless, if you use ingredients commonly used in restaurants, it will feel monotonous, right? To avoid that, let’s add exciting ingredients like natto that will give your fried rice a new flavor! Your fried rice will be richer in nutrients excessively.
About Natto
Natto (納豆) is a Japanese food made from fermented soybeans using Bacillus subtilis or called natto starter under anaerobic conditions. Even though natto is a traditional Japanese food and most Japanese people grow up with natto as their everyday food, according to a 2017 survey by Nifty, a Japanese internet service provider, only about 62% of Japanese people actually enjoy natto. This is due to none other than the uniqueness of natto itself, the smell that resembles a distinctive cheese-like aroma but is more pungent so that not a few people find it difficult to get used to it.
However, there is a point that is no less important than the smell that characterizes natto itself, it’s the macronutrient content. Natto is proven to be rich in vitamin K2 content, antibacterial action, and high dietary fiber. Additionally, the enzyme produced during the fermentation process (nattokinase) can help provide remarkable effects for the digestive and immune system, just by eating natto in a bit of serving.
Notable, isn’t it? Just eating it directly in small portions can give you health effects that can’t be underestimated. This is why many people say that natto is Japan’s most polarizing superfood.
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Natto Fried Rice Recipe
Natto Fried Rice
Ingredients
Instructions
- Combine natto and eggs in a bowl and mix well.
- Heat olive oil in a skillet.
- Add the cooked rice with natto and egg mixture. Cook and mix until heated through in light brown color.
- Add soy sauce, salt, and ground black pepper to taste.
- Optionally garnish with scallions on top.
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However, fresh natto will degrade quality if it is shipped overseas. So, if you can’t find fresh natto in your country, it’s good to make your homemade natto. At our shop, we are shipping fresh Bacillus subtilis natto (natto starter) abroad for making natto.
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