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Gomoku Fried Tofu Pouch (Kinchaku) Oden - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Gomoku Fried Tofu Pouch (Kinchaku) Oden.
Here's a recipe for a colorfully mixed, gomoku tofu pouch (kinchaku) oden wrapped in thin fried tofu (abura-age). It's also recommended as one of the ingredients for oden. It has a lot of ingredients inside, so you will feel satisfied. How about having it as a side dish for tonight? It's so delicious, so you should definitely give it a try!

Cook time

30 minutes

Ingredients
2 servings

  • Thin fried tofu (Abura-age)
    4 sheets
  • Ground chicken
    100 g
  • Carrot
    30 g
  • Quail eggs boiled in water
    8
  • Rice cake (Kirimochi)
    1
  • Dried shiitake mushrooms
    2 g
  • (A)Cooking sake
    1 tbsp
  • (A)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    1 tbsp
  • (A)Soy sauce
    1 tbsp
  • (A)Grated ginger
    1/2 tsp
  • Hot water
    300 ml
  • Dashi
  • (B)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    1 tbsp
  • (B)Cooking sake
    1 tbsp
  • (B)Soy sauce
    1 tsp
  • (B)Japanese style granulated soup stock
    1 tsp

How to make

  1. Prepare. Peel carrots. Remove oil from thin fried tofu (abura-age) by pouring boiling water over it. Rehydrate the dried shiitake mushrooms according to the instructions on the package and drain them.
  2. 1. Coarsely chop carrots.
  3. 2. Cut rice cake (kirimochi) into 8 equal pieces.
  4. 3. Cut thin fried tofu (abura-age) in half.
  5. 4. Add ground chicken, Step 1, dried shiitake mushrooms, and (A) in a bowl and mix together.
  6. 5. Fill Step 4, Step 2 and a quail egg into Step 3 and secure the ends with a toothpick.
  7. 6. Boil water in a pot, add (A), stir quickly and bring to a boil.
  8. 7. Add Step 5, simmer for 10 minutes until the meat is cooked through, place it on a plate, sprinkle with young green onion (konegi) and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount of seasoning to your liking. If you use ground chicken, the taste will be lighter, but you can also use ground pork instead.