Even when You're Broke: Satisfying Nori-Wrapped Deep Fried Vegetable Stuffed Chikuwa Fish Sticks

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   This is about it: sliced peppers, chikuwa, nori seaweed, and garlic shoot.

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   Mix the batter ingredients together to make the curry flavored batter.

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   Cut each chikuwa in half diagonally, and push the julienned pieces of vegetable into the hole.

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   Wrap a piece of nori seaweed around each piece of chikuwa, and use a bit of the batter to secure the ends.

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   They look like this.

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   Now let's coat them in batter.

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   Don't dunk the chikuwa pieces in the batter or they'll be coated with too much of it.

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   Just place the pieces on top of the batter.

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   Just coat the chikiwa with batter by spreading it using disposable chopsticks.

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    This way, the vegetables won't get batter-coated and the pieces won't get too heavy.

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    Deep fry quickly in hot oil and they're done.

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    The garlic shoot, bell pepper, and curry powder make these deep fried morsels taste very meat-like and really satisfying.

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    I highly recommend mixing the tonkatsu sauce with sesame seeds and Japanese mustard.

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    The stuffed chikuwa is tasty even when cold, so they are great in bentos.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.