Last weekend, I found that my local Trader Joe's was selling Japanese snacks!
Trader Joe's The Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets |
It's Trader Joe's the Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets. In Japanese, it's called okaki (おかき).
Trader Joe's The Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets |
クランチ:crunchy
クリスピー:crispy
As you can read its ingredients, it was made from rice, palm oil, sea salt and sunflower lecithin. I think they used sticky rice, which is also called sweet rice. As I mentioned in my previous entry, mochi is made of Japanese sticky rice. When I was a child in Japan, my friend's mother deep-fried mochi and served okaki as children's snacks for us. Until then, I hadn't known that okaki was very easy to make! If you want to make okaki, just cut mochi into small pieces and deep-fry them. Then, sprinkle salt, and enjoy your homemade okaki.
Trader Joe's The Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets |
Trader Joe's okaki tasted pretty good. They were crunchy and crispy. :)
Trader Joe's The Crispy Crunchy Mochi Rice Nuggets |
By the way, my favorite Japanese okaki is nure okaki (ぬれおかき). Nure (ぬれ) in Japanese means wet, so it's not crispy. I like its soy sauce flavor. :)
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I wondered what the mochi characters were saying. Thanks for your lovely story about okaki!
ReplyDeleteThey are saying "Crispy" and "Crunch" in Japanese. クリスピー means crispy, and クランチ means crunchy.
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I am eating these right now! My new obsession. They're delicious.
ReplyDeleteDelicious - be careful if your teeth are brittle, I'd swear you could chip a tooth with these. Very addictive, and unfortunately a small bag. TJ's should sell these in 5lb bags - I'd buy one!
ReplyDeleteThank you for posting the additional info that you can't get from TJ's. If you have any additional favorites we should try let us know!