Grilled rice cakes with chilli brown butter

By Spencer Watts

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Rice cakes are such a versatile snack, and we stepped it up a notch by grilling them and topping them with chilli brown butter.

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5H 20 Mins

Ingredients

3 cups sushi rice, cooked
3 tablespoons mirin
1 tablespoon rice vinegar
1 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons soy sauce
3 tablespoons mirin
1 sheet nori
2 tablespoons sesame seeds
1 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon togarashi
1/2 cup ice cold butter
1/3 cup sweet chilli sauce

Directions

Make sushi rice according to package instructions.
Combine mirin, rice vinegar and salt in a bowl and gently fold into the rice. Allow to cool and soak up the seasoning. Press the rice into a shallow loaf pan lined with plastic wrap. Cover in plastic and allow to set and cool in the fridge for two to four hours
Remove rice from pan once set and do not remove plastic wrap, cut one-inch thick slices horizontally along the loaf. Once all slices are cut remove plastic wrap.
In a small bowl add soy sauce and mirin and mix until combined.
Using scissors cut small slices of nori into a bowl. Mix togarashi into nori slices as well as salt, sugar, and roasted sesame seeds. This is your Furikake spice topping
Place a pot or pan onto medium-high heat to get nice and hot. Add the ice-cold cubed butter to the pan. Mix butter with a whisk until it is brown in colour and has a sweet nutty smell. Add hot brown butter to any store-bought, room temp sweet chilli sauce in a separate bowl not on heat. Whisk together. Only add golden smooth butter, do not add the milk solids stuck to the bottom of the pot.
Preheat the grill to medium-high.
Start by oiling the grill to make sure the rice does not stick. Grill rice blocks on direct heat until light char marks on one side then flip. While the other side grills, brush the charred side of the rice with a Soy brush. Remove rice once there are char marks and are all fully brushed on both sides. Drizzle sweet chilli brown butter on top of grilled rice once off the heat and garnish with the furikake spice blend. Serve and enjoy!