Yuzu Hijiki Omochi

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Give a new twist in your ordinary Omochi with a pinch of crunchy Young Hijiki!

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Ingredients:

  • Young Hijiki (before rehydrating): 4g
  • Yuzu peel: to taste 
  • Mochi: 1 piece
  • Olive oil: 1 tsp

How to:

  1. Soak Young Hijiki in water for 6 minutes to rehydrate.

  2. Cut yuzu peel to smaller pieces, and mix with step 1.

  3. Bake the mochi in a preheated oven at 200°C (392°F) for about 12 minutes.
  4. When there are about 8 minutes left for the mochi to finish baking, place the hijiki in the oven for it to dry. 
  5. Once done, move Young Hijiki and Yuzu peel from the oven to bowl, and mix with the olive oil.
  6. Coat the baked mochi with the yuzu hijiki mixture. If the mochi is too crispy and the yuzu hijiki doesn't stick well, quickly dip the mochi in hot water.
  7. Serve on a plate. If the Young Hijiki isn't salty enough, sprinkle a bit of salt to taste.

The texture experiment with Hijiki turned out great! It became crispy and added a nice touch. If you want to go out of the box of the usual isobe-yaki, give this a try!


Here are the items used in the recipe

SEA VEGETABLE: Young Hijiki Seaweed

SEA VEGETABLE COMPANY

SEA VEGETABLE: Young Hijiki Seaweed

¥810