Unlike the Okinawan original, this Not Okinawan Taco Rice features a Texas-style chili con carne atop white rice, smothered in cheese, shredded lettuce and crumbled tortilla chips.
We first had authentic taco rice on the island of Okinawa and while it was very delicious it didn't really meet our expectations. So we decided to invent a dish that matched our imagination, and hence our Taco Rice was born.
Where the original is cooked using Japanese flavours such as mirin, has no kidney beans and little tomato, our recipe follows a classic chilli con carne - it's just the serving style that differs.