Where most anpogaki are gelatinous, this was more dried and firm.
Still delicious though.
On one of my trips to Shinagawa that I wrote about earlier this month, I had bought a small bag (33 grams) of these snackaballs made by Tom & Luke, a New Zealand company and had posted a picture on Instagram.
They contacted me and sent me two large bags (88 grams) of their snackaballs.
These are made from dates, cacao, almonds and coconut.
They are gluten free and vegan, are great as snacks and I'm sure it will be nice with wine.
Thank you!
1st time making chikuzeni, which is similar to nishime.
It was pretty easy and fast to make because you cook everything in a shallow pan.
Chikuzeni adapted from "Aiba Manabu" : serves 4
100 grams gobo (burdock root)
150 grams renkon (lotus root)
1 carrot
250 grams boneless chicken thighs
150 grams konnyaku (devil's tongue jelly)
60 grams dried shiitake mushrooms
400 milliliters katsuo konbu (bonito & kelp) dashi (stock)
100 milliliters stock from reconstituted shiitake mushrooms
2 tablespoons shoyu (soy sauce)
2 tablespoons sake (rice wine)
2 tablespoons mirin (sweet rice wine)
2 tablespoons sugar
1 tablespoon oil
Cut the gobo and carrot into bite sized, rangiri style (which means random cutting), here is a link to show the rangiri cutting technique.
Cut the renkon into bite sized pieces.
With a spoon, cut the konnyaku into bite sized pieces.
Reconstitute the dried shiitake mushrooms, then cut into bite sized pieces.
Cut the chicken into bite sized pieces.
In a pan, heat the oil and then toss everything in to coat with the oil.
Add the stock, reconstituted shiitake liquid, shoyu, sake, mirin, sugar and bring to a boil.
Put an oshibuta (drop lid) on, turn the heat down to a simmer and cook for about 20 minutes, longer if you want your veggies more tender.
NOTES: super easy! I didn't have dried shiitake, so I just used the shiitake stems I had in the freezer.
I didn't read the directions well and cut the konnyaku with a knife instead of using a spoon...oops!
Will definitely make this again.
Our numbers have sort of taken off, there is talk of another state of emergency “shutdown” but the main government wants to wait 3 weeks to see if our numbers can come down a little (they do not want to pay for another state of emergency)...for now Satoshi still goes into the office but on weekends and the weekdays he is off, we try to lay as low possible...take care everyone and have a safe weekend.
7 comments:
Looks really similar to Nishime Kat!
Happy Day after Thanksgiving!
Funny how I don't care for nishime but love oden. I think it is because years ago, my grandma gave me a piece of chicken from her much loved nishime. It was chicken liver. Bleeeech!! I think it scarred my taste for nishime forever. Actually, I do eat some if I can readily identify everything in it. I wonder why the recipe recommends spooning the konyaku. Must be to keep with the rangiri style of the veggies?
Maybe I'll try making this chikuzeni. In my old age, I'm finding out I like a lot of the foods I didn't care for before, like sukiyaki!
v
So cool that Tom & Luke!
Kirk, it really is similar:)
Take care.
Kat
V, spooning the konnyaku apparently helps it soak up the “sauce”...I would be scarred to with chicken liver...
Take care!
Kat
Jalna, super cool:)
Take care.
Kat
those anpogaki sounds like the stuff on Amazon, texture-wise. I might give them a try, even if they're sliced instead of whole fruits.
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