Guide to Make Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu)

Hello everybody, hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, mochi in abura-age (thin fried tofu). It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu) is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look fantastic. Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu) is something that I’ve loved my entire life.

Abura-age (油揚げ), is a Japanese food product made from twice-fried soybeans. Abura-age is often used to wrap inari-zushi (稲荷寿司), and is added to miso soup. Aburaage is Japanese deep-fried tofu pouches made from soybeans.

Recipe of Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu)

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have mochi in abura-age (thin fried tofu) using 7 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients

The ingredients needed to make Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu):

1. Get 3-4 Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu)
2. Take 3-4 Mochi (Rice Cakes)
3. Take <Soup>
4. Get 2 tablespoons Sake (Rice wine)
5. Make ready 1 cup Dashi Stock *1 cup Water and 1/2 teaspoon Dashi Powder
6. Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy Sauce
7. Take 1 tablespoons Mirin *OR 1 teaspoon Sugar

Unlike mochi, dango is made from dried rice flour, not mochigome rice. The use of this dried rice flour gives dango more in common with Western cakes than it does with mochi. Hello everyone, so I've shared with you how to make Mochi Mochi without rice flour in this video as to make it possible for you to make mochis if the rice. Aburaage is basically a deep-fried thin slice of tofu.

Instructions

Steps to make Mochi in Abura-age (Thin Fried Tofu):

1. Wrap Abura-age with paper towel and heat in microwave for 30 seconds. Then press it to remove excess oil if required.
2. *Note: This process is optional, but the heat softens Abura-age and next process will be easier. If you don’t have the microwave, soak in hot water is alternative option. Dry with paper towel.
3. Cut each Abura-age in half, carefully open and make bags. Place 1/2 piece Mochi in a bag and secure with a toothpick. *Note: Today I tied with Kanpyo.
4. Repeat with remaining Abura-age and Mochi, and make 6 to 8 bags.
5. Place all the soup ingredients in a saucepan and bring to the boil over medium heat.
6. Once the soup starts boiling, gently place the Abura-age bags in the sauce, cook for 5 to 10 minutes or until Mochi is soft.
7. *Note: You can cook these Mochi Aura-age bags in the soup of your choice, such as Miso Soup.

Blanch the abura-age fried tofu in boiling water for a minute to remove any excess oil. Drain and squeeze out any excess water. Add the dashi and daikon to a medium saucepan, and bring to the boil over medium heat. Wikipedia Article About abura-age on Wikipedia. Aburage (properly called abura-age = 油揚げ) is a Japanese food product made from soybeans.

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