Even when You're Broke: Satisfying Nori-Wrapped Deep Fried Vegetable Stuffed Chikuwa Fish Sticks

Name: Even when You're Broke: Satisfying Nori-Wrapped Deep Fried Vegetable Stuffed Chikuwa Fish Sticks
Yield: 3 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 bag Chikuwa; 1 fresh, (as needed) Garlic sprouts; 1 fresh, (as needed) Red and yellow peppers (or green peppers); 1 optional, (as needed) Nori seaweed; 1 Tempura flour; 1 generous amount Curry powder; 1 Water; 1 Tonkatsu sauce; 1 generous amount, crushed between your fingers Toasted white sesame seeds; 1 Japanese mustard; 1 Oil for frying; 1 Vegetables to serve on the side

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I'm broke... but I want to eat something yummy...
They're nothing special, but these morsels are really satisfying.

Don't dunk the pieces in batter; spread with chopsticks instead. Brightly colored vegetables are much more nutritious when combined with oil. Deep fry quickly in hot oil, ok?
You can eat a ton of side vegetables with these. Be sure to have a lot of veggies ready to go. For 2 to 3 servings. Recipe by pegupepepe

I'm broke... but I want to eat something yummy...
They're nothing special, but these morsels are really satisfying.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I'm broke... but I want to eat something yummy...
They're nothing special, but these morsels are really satisfying.

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Ingredients

3 servings

Main ingredients:
1 bagChikuwa
1fresh, (as needed) Garlic sprouts
1fresh, (as needed) Red and yellow peppers (or green peppers)
1optional, (as needed) Nori seaweed
For the batter:
1Tempura flour
1generous amount Curry powder
1Water
For the sauce:
1Tonkatsu sauce
1generous amount, crushed between your fingers Toasted white sesame seeds
1Japanese mustard
Other ingredients:
1Oil for frying
1Vegetables to serve on the side

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Steps

1

This is about it: sliced peppers, chikuwa, nori seaweed, and garlic shoot.
2

Mix the batter ingredients together to make the curry flavored batter.
3

Cut each chikuwa in half diagonally, and push the julienned pieces of vegetable into the hole.
4

Wrap a piece of nori seaweed around each piece of chikuwa, and use a bit of the batter to secure the ends. They look like this. Now let's coat them in batter.
5

Don't dunk the chikuwa pieces in the batter or they'll be coated with too much of it. Just place the pieces on top of the batter.
6

Just coat the chikiwa with batter by spreading it using disposable chopsticks. This way, the vegetables won't get batter-coated and the pieces won't get too heavy.
7

Deep fry quickly in hot oil and they're done.
8

The garlic shoot, bell pepper, and curry powder make these deep fried morsels taste very meat-like and really satisfying.
9

I highly recommend mixing the tonkatsu sauce with sesame seeds and Japanese mustard. The stuffed chikuwa is tasty even when cold, so they are great in bentos.