Fried Hanpen Fish Cake with Mentaiko and Mayo for Bento

Name: Fried Hanpen Fish Cake with Mentaiko and Mayo for Bento
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Hanpen (large); 3 tbsp Mentaiko salt-cured spicy cod or pollack roe; 1 1/2 tbsp Mayonnaise; 1 Toasted nori seaweed

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I used the hanpen and mentaiko that had been sitting in my fridge, and it turned out delicious.

Adding in the hanpen fish cake after mixing the mayonnaise and mentaiko will help to coat the fish cake more evenly.
Hanpen fish cake falls apart easily, so mix gently.
These will cook up differently depending on the toaster oven heat setting used, so keep an eye on it when cooking!
I used lots of mentaiko, but it tastes delicious with about this much added. Recipe by Hamumaki

I used the hanpen and mentaiko that had been sitting in my fridge, and it turned out delicious.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I used the hanpen and mentaiko that had been sitting in my fridge, and it turned out delicious.

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Ingredients

4 servings

1Hanpen (large)
3 tbspMentaiko salt-cured spicy cod or pollack roe
1 1/2 tbspMayonnaise
1Toasted nori seaweed

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Steps

1

Cut the hanpen into bite-sized pieces.
2

Place mayonnaise and mentaiko into a bowl and mix, add the hanpen, gently stir so as not to crush, evenly coating the hanpen in the mixture.
3

Place in aluminum foil. You can divide it up into small aluminum cups for bento, but you can spread aluminum foil and just wrap it up as well!
4

Place onto a toaster oven sheet, and toast for 3-5 minutes.
5

Chop roasted nori seaweed into thin strips, and scatter on top.
6

Mentaiko can be frozen, so stocking up when it was on sale and freezing it in small packages is a good idea. The membrane will come off cleanly when taken out of the freezer.