■ Omelet-Wrapped Rice Balls
【Ingredients】
1/3 carrot
1/2 abura-age (thin, deep-fried tofu)
1/2 tsp instant dashi
1/2 Tbsp soy sauce
1/2 Tbsp sake
300g cooked rice
white sesame seeds
1 umeboshi (pickled Japanese apricot)
3 chicken tenderloins
thin Japanese omelet【Directions】
1. Cut the carrot and abura-age into small pieces.
2. Heat oil (not listed) in a frying pan and cook the carrot and abura-age, add instant dashi, soy sauce, and sake, and continue cooking.
3. In a bowl, combine the rice, white sesame seeds, and 2, make rice balls, and wrap them with strips of thin omelet.
4. Remove the seed from the umeboshi and chop it up into a paste.
5. Open the chicken tenderloins by pulling out the tendon, add shiso and spread on 4, then roll them up, cook in oil (not listed) in a frying pan, and cut into bite-size pieces.