Broiled Sweet Soy-sesame Mochi

Total Time: 10 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 1 lb mochi rice cake
• 1/2 cup san-j tamari (soy sauce) or 1/2 cup other brand tamari (soy sauce)
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar (to taste)
• sesame oil

Recipe

• 1 turn your oven to the highest broil setting.
• 2 oil a small cookie sheet, or something similar, with the sesame oil.
• 3 place the mochi on the oiled pan, and proceed to dribble the sesame oil onto that as well, and distribute it around until it's evenly coated. set aside.
• 4 mix the rest of the ingredients, and bring to a boil, adding water in small (1oz) amounts to keep the resulting sauce in liquid form. while you are waiting for this to come to a boil, place the sesame oil-coated mochi under the broiler.
• 5 when the mochi starts to become crisp, glaze it slightly with the sauce, flipping it, until the sauce in the pan becomes caramelized.
• 6 at the very end, remove your broiled mochi, and plate it by setting it down on the plate, and then adding enough sauce to cover (and surround it slightly).
• 7 make sure to work quickly! not a step but just advice. the glaze will become a thick and sweet shell on the mochi, but if you do not hurry, it will become a lump of caramelized sugary stuff in the pan!