{"id":7014,"date":"2023-05-04T02:00:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T09:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/?p=7014"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:39:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T18:39:25","slug":"cinco-de-mayo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/cinco-de-mayo\/","title":{"rendered":"<em>Cinco de Mayo<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7006\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main.jpg\" alt=\"My delicious Cinco de Mayo Mexican meal made with Zojirushi\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/main-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My challenge for <em>Cinco de Mayo<\/em>\u2014how many Zojirushi products can I use to cook a Mexican meal? Our dinner tonight was Shrimp <em>Fajitas,<\/em> Mexican Rice and Corn, which I made with our electric griddle and rice cooker. I set the timer on my breadmaker and baked some bread for the next day so we could have <em>Molletes<\/em> (Mexican toast) for brunch.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican rice is a whole lot easier with a rice cooker. I found a good recipe that I\u2019ll credit at the end of this post, but the beauty of using my Zojirushi <em>Umami<\/em>\u00ae Rice Cooker was that I could steam my corn at the same time! The ingredients just all go into the pot.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep.jpg\" alt=\"Cooking rice and steaming corn\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/rice-prep-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Long grain rice works best for Mexican rice, so you get the fluffy texture without the stickiness. I used Basmati, which worked out perfectly, and cooked it on the Quick Jasmine menu setting. I don\u2019t want to brag (yes, I do), but this was restaurant quality. So good.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7008\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice.jpg\" alt=\"Cooked Mexican rice\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/cooked-Mex-rice-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here\u2019s what I love about this rice cooker. The steaming basket gives you the opportunity to multi-task if you can think creatively. It\u2019s just large enough to hold three ears of corn, so why not? They came out golden, didn\u2019t they?<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7009\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn.jpg\" alt=\"Steaming basket with delicious corn\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/steamed-corn-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now on to the <em>Fajitas.<\/em> The shrimp is frozen, sure, but I used a Chinese restaurant technique that is supposed to firm up the shrimp and give them that snap and crunch when you bite into them. You\u2019re supposed to coat the shrimp first in a mixture of sugar, salt and baking soda, then marinate them in a bath of ice water for a couple of hours. Rinse all of it off with cold water and drain before using. Guess what? It works! Look it up and see for yourself.<\/p>\n<p>I did <em>fajitas<\/em> before on this blog, but I feel I didn\u2019t get the results I could have because I used a packaged liquid sauce to season it. I mean, it was the only one that was labeled specifically for <em>fajitas,<\/em> so that\u2019s what I got. But frying it all in liquid just made it too wet. This time I used a packet of ordinary powdered taco seasoning and sprinkled the shrimp with it. This electric griddle was made for dishes like <em>fajitas.<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7010\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle.jpg\" alt=\"Fajitas on the griddle\" width=\"2016\" height=\"1512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle.jpg 2016w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-320x240.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-480x360.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-on-griddle-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2016px) 100vw, 2016px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After mixing everything up, I even had room to fry some pineapples.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7011\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup.jpg\" alt=\"Fajitas closeup on the Zojirushi electric griddle\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/fajitas-closeup-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So have you ever had <em>molletes,<\/em> or Mexican bean toast? This was my first time, and I <em>liked<\/em> it! I figure it all starts with really good bread, so I made my own with the breadmaker. Kept it simple\u2014I baked the basic Japanese white bread course because that\u2019s my favorite and the easiest to bake. The advantage to this kind of bread is that you can load up the breadmaker the night before and set the timer to bake the next day\u2014you don\u2019t have to worry about perishable ingredients sitting in the machine. By mid-morning it was ready to cut into thick slices!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread.jpg\" alt=\"Perfect white bread\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/bread-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I made my own <em>pico de gallo<\/em> (salsa) with tomatoes, onions and cilantro; I used a can of refried beans and topped it off with some crumbled Mexican cheese. I toasted my bread but didn\u2019t melt the cheese\u2014the warm beans and toast combined with the fresh salsa was enough for me. This was good stuff! The thick toast was crisp and held everything together but was still tender and fluffy on the inside. Add some <em>Tapat\u00edo<\/em>\u00ae and you\u2019re ready to go! And it looks good too, <em>s\u00ed?<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-7013\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast.jpg\" alt=\"Molletes - mexican bean toast\" width=\"1800\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-320x213.jpg 320w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-480x320.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-800x533.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Mex-toast-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1800px) 100vw, 1800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s my <em>Cinco de Mayo<\/em> challenge\u2014using as many of my Zojirushi products as I could. Lucky I love Mexican food! What are you all going to do?<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: inherit;\">Products used in this post: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/nlgac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Umami\u00ae <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/nlgac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Micom Rice Cooker NL-GA10\/18<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/eadcc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Gourmet Sizzler<\/em>\u00ae Electric Griddle EA-DCC10<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zojirushi.com\/app\/product\/bbssc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Home Bakery Maestro<\/em>\u00ae Breadmaker BB-SSC10<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: inherit;\">Rice Cooker Mexican Rice: <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/pinchandswirl.com\/rice-cooker-mexican-rice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pinch and Swirl<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: inherit;\">Please note that these recipes were not tested by Zojirushi America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt; font-family: inherit;\">All images by Bert Tanimoto \u00a92023<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My challenge for Cinco de Mayo\u2014how many Zojirushi products can I use to cook a Mexican meal? Our dinner tonight was Shrimp Fajitas, Mexican Rice and Corn, which I made with our electric griddle and rice cooker. 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