noun
pre-cooked rice; retort-pouch rice
Refers to rice that has been cooked and sealed in a retort pouch, ready to heat and eat. Common in convenience stores and as emergency food.
非常食としてレトルトご飯を買っておいた。
I bought some retort-pouch rice as emergency food.
レトルトご飯を電子レンジで温めるだけで食べられる。
You can eat retort-pouch rice just by heating it in the microwave.