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Vegan Inari Sushi with Teriyaki “Duck”

By Fongolicious - December 25, 2012


 Christmas eve dinner was with a vegetarian household with 3 kids under the age of 12. So I was thinking to make something interesting but not too weird. A quick trip to the Asian grocery store resulted in this of idea. Inari sushi pockets with teriyaki flavoured mock-duck. This Inari dish was very successful. Really tasty and really simple and vegan (and obviously vegetarian) friendly too. 

 You can have all different toppings (not just mock duck). Other suggestions include: mushroom, seaweed salad, real meat (for the carnivores out there), corn, fish roe, the list goes on. Or you can just have it plain or a little peppering of sesame seeds. What's your favourite topping?

 Quick tip, please don't give into Australian supermarket marketing and buy "sushi rice". It's just medium grain rice packaged in a fancy label. 

Ingredients
1 can mock duck, drain and sliced into small strips
2 Tblspn mirin
2 Tblspn soy sauce
1 to 2 tspns sugar (white, raw or caster)
oil for stir frying
1 cup medium grain rice
Water (as per rice cooking instructions – absorption method)
3 Tblspn rice wine vinegar
1 1/2 tblspn sugar (white, raw or caster)
1/2 tspn salt
2 Tblspn sesame seeds
1 to 1 1/2 packets of aburage (bean curd pouches) – available at the Asian grocery store

Aburage - bean curd pockets


Method
1. Boil rice as per packet instructions (stove, microwave, rice cooker – whatever suits you).

 2. Marinate mock duck with mirin, soy sauce of 1 to 2 teaspoons of sugar. Stir and set aside for about 10 minutes or more.

 3. On high heat a medium skillet, add oil to coat the base of the pan and add the marinated mock duck. Stir to heat through and reduce heat to medium and allow sauce to caramelise. If you find it starting to stick or get too dry, add a dash of water. Remove from heat and set aside, keep warm.

4. In small pot, combine vinegar, 1 1/2 tablespoons of sugar and salt. Heat to dissolve the sugar and salt. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.

 5. Add vinegar mixture to cooked rice and stir through. This gives the rice that lovely flavour. Stir in sesame seeds.

 6. Unpack the aburage, drain away the liquid. Gently separate the opening and fill with prepared rice to about 3/4 the way. Top with mock-teriyaki duck. Repeat with remaining pockets. Sprinkle with some sesame seeds and serve. Can be eaten slightly warm or at room temperature. Best eaten fresh.






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3 comments

  1. Anonymous25 December 2012 at 12:04

    Fabulous looking & tastes great! Highly recommended :)

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  2. Unknown28 April 2014 at 01:30

    You should check the ingredients. There is fish protein in this brand. :(

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  3. Fongolicious28 April 2014 at 09:04

    Thanks Denise. That's a bummer. I'll have to have a look.

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