Taco Rice

Taco rice brings taco-style seasoned meat together with steamed rice instead of a tortilla. A common preparation uses minced beef topped with shredded lettuce, tomato, cheese and salsa. In Namiko Hirasawa Chen’s version, garlic and red onion are fried before the beef, which is seasoned with ingredients including chilli powder, cumin and oregano.^[1]

The warm rice and cooked meat are assembled with the fresh toppings before serving. Taco rice is associated with Okinawa’s mixing of food traditions, combining Mexican-style taco meat with Japanese rice. A variation called omutaco adds a soft Japanese-style omelette over the taco rice.^[1][2]