Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot
Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I will show you a way to make a special dish, easy kiritanpo (traditional rice dumplings from akita prefecture) kiritanpo hot pot. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.

Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot is one of the most favored of recent trending foods in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it is quick, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot is something which I’ve loved my whole life.

To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can cook easy kiritanpo (traditional rice dumplings from akita prefecture) kiritanpo hot pot using 19 ingredients and 10 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot:
  1. Get Chicken soup stock base
  2. Get 1 Chicken carcass
  3. Get 1 green part Green onion or scallion
  4. Make ready 1 skin, etc as much (to taste) Ginger
  5. Take 1 packet or (Store-bought chicken soup stock)
  6. Get Kiritanpo
  7. Make ready 500 grams Rice
  8. Prepare Ingredients for hot pot
  9. Prepare 2 portions Chicken thigh
  10. Take 1 large Burdock root
  11. Make ready 1 pack Maitake mushrooms
  12. Prepare 1 as much (to taste) Chinese cabbage
  13. Take 1 bunch Japanese parsley
  14. Prepare 1 packet Shirataki noodles
  15. Prepare 1 as much (to taste) Green onion or scallion
  16. Make ready 1 tsp Salt
  17. Take 100 ml Sake
  18. Take 2 to 3 tablespoons Soy sauce
  19. Get 1 tbsp Mirin
Instructions to make Easy Kiritanpo (Traditional Rice Dumplings from Akita Prefecture) Kiritanpo Hot Pot:
  1. Add a pinch of salt to the cooked rice and mash with a rolling pin or a pestle until it turns to a dough with some bits. It won't fall apart easily if you mash it well.
  2. Moisten your hands. Spread the rice dough in a rectangle and form around disposable chopsticks, pressing and stretching the dough.
  3. You can make about 4 sticks of kiritanpo. Wrap the chopsticks with aluminum foil as they burn when you grill them.
  4. Put a chicken carcass, green part of Japanese leek and ginger in a pressure pan and add enough water to cover. Cook for 30 minutes and leave it to cool down to bring down the pressure.
  5. Place a sieve over a clay pot and strain through it. I made this soup stock today, but you can use a store-bought soup stock for kiritanpo instead.
  6. Shave the burdock root into thick shavings. Cut the other ingredients to your liking.
  7. Grill the kiritanpo until golden brown using a oven, etc.
  8. Now you are ready to make kiritanpo hot pot!!
  9. Add some water to the soup stock to make up about 1000 ml soup stock base and add the seasonings. Add the burdock root first as it takes longer to cook and simmer for a little. Then add the other ingredients except Japanese parsley.
  10. Add the Japanese parsley at the end. Add enough kiritanpo to eat at one sitting and it's ready to eat when it is warmed through.

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