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Kinoko Mochi

Kinoko Mochi

Ingredients

  • 2 tablespoons
    vegetable oil
  • 1 cup
    broccoli florettes
  • 1 cup
    summer squash, halved and sliced
  • ½ cup
    red bell pepper julienned
  • 5
    shishito peppers, halved lengthwise
  • ¼
    Japanese eggplant, sliced
  • 2
    shiitake mushrooms, julienned
  • 1
    royal trumpet mushrooms, sliced
  • ¼ bunch
    shimeji mushrooms, stems and caps
  • Glaze, recipe follows
  • 24 ½-inch pieces
    mochi rice cake
  • 1
    tablespoon butter
  • 1
    Parmesan
  • 1
    green onion, chopped
  • Toasted sesame seeds as needed

Preparation

Heat oil saute pan and cook vegetables, about 4 minutes. Add rice cakes, stir in half cup glaze and cook another 2 minutes stirring rapidly. Add butter and Parmesan and cook 1 more minute stirring rapidly.

Garnish with green onion and toasted sesame seeds.

To make glaze, combine 1 cup mirin, 1 cup tamari, ½ cup water, ½ cup sake, 1 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil and 1 teaspoon chili oil.

Chef-owner Takashi Yagahashi; Slurping Turtle, Chicago