Cheesy sweet potato mochi
A sweet potato take on the viral potato mochi !
This simple 4 ingredient recipe makes the most delicious cheese stuffed sweet potato savoury mochi ! The secret ingredient is Lee Kum Kee Premium Oyster Sauce which I use to glaze the mochi and add a delicious umami and rich flavour.
These mochi are SOFT, slightly chewy, cheesy and with a lovely sweet and savoury flavour from the cheese and oyster sauce. They are inspired by potato mochi, a popular Japanese snack made with mashed potatoes mixed with potato starch. After being cooked they are usually coated in a sweet and savoury soy sauce and wrapped in a sheet of nori seaweed.
They make for the perfect snack or dinner side dish and you can even prep the dough in advance so all you need to do when you are ready is pan fry them!
🌱Vegetarian
🍽️ 4 portions
Ingredients
315g sweet potato
150g rice flour
For filling: mozzarella
Marinade
2 tbps LKK oyster sauce
Optional: 1 tbsp honey
Method
Make your LKK marinde by mixing the oyster sauce with 1 tbsp water and the honey. Reserve in a a bowl.
Pierce the sweet potato with a fork and bake at 180C in the oven for 60min (depending on your microwave it may need up to 90min) until soft. Slice it in half and scoop out the flesh so you have 315g of sweet potato
Mix the sweet potato with the rice flour and knead for 3-5 minutes until obtaining a dough. At the beggining it should feel quite sticky and then start coming together into a dough as you need it. You should aim for a soft dough, that is slightly wet but can be handled and doesnt stick too much. Season with salt
Divide the dough into small 70g pieces and shape into balls. Flatten each ball and fill with a generous amount of mozzarella. Then fold the dough over the cheese and shape into balls again. Flaten then a bit into squares to give them the charasteristic mochi shape
Take a frying pan and add olive oil to coat it, bring to medium high heat. Pan fry your mochi an both sides for about 5 minutes on each until golden brown.
Remove the mochi from the pan into kitchen paper, discard the excess oil and add the LKK oyster sauce marinade to the pan. Place your cooked mochi and make sure they get well coated in the marinade for 3 minutes. Remove from the pan and enjoy !
FAQS and Tips
You can wrap your mochi with some nori seaweed which will add a ncie presentation and flavour contrast
