Taco Rice

Taco Rice, originally uploaded by chored.

When we were in Okinawa in March, we came across a little cafe place near our hotel which sold only one thing, "Taco Rice". This strange Okinawan take on Tacos is a big thing in Okinawa and in the same way as how every Omiyage (Souvenir) shop in Hokkaido seemed to be selling Curry Rice kits, in Okinawa, they were selling Taco Rice kits.

So back in the UK and we've been meaning to try and recreate this for a while. I don't really know the recipe, so we just winged it and our first attempt was actually pretty tasty. So if you want to make Taco Rice at home, you will need:

Beef Mince
1 Onion
Taco flavouring
Cheese, Salsa, Mayonnaise for garnish
Lettuce
Japanese Rice

First of all, we made the basic Taco beef, for our first attempt, this consisted of frying some beef mince and the onion and adding Uncle Ben's Taco Seasoning (Next time we might splash out and try and spice the mince ourselves). The only other thing in the mince aside from the seasoning and onion was a few drops of ra-yu (Japanese chilli oil).

At the same time as frying the mince, we boiled some Japanese rice.

Once both the rice and beef are ready, it's time to plate it up, start with a bed of lettuce, then add the rice, then squirt mayonnaise across the whole thing. Add the taco beef on top of the rice and top with grated cheese and salsa.

There you have it, Taco Rice, quick and easy to make and very tasty.