Sanko Echigo Taruyaki Goma (越後樽焼 ごま) 76 g — a hard-baked Japanese rice cracker made by milling the rice coarsely and baking it to a rich aroma, studded with sesame and finished in a mellow soy sauce. The sesame carries a rich, mellow fragrance. Sold nationwide in Japan.
Echigo Taruyaki has been made since 1974 — the longest-running brand among Sanko Seika's current products, and the hardest rice cracker the company makes.
About Sanko Seika
Sanko Seika Co., Ltd. (三幸製菓株式会社) was established on 20 August 1962 and is headquartered in Kita-ku, Niigata City. Its rice-cracker ranges include Yuki no Yado, Parinko, Cheese Almond, Niigata Jikomi, Tsubuyori Komochi, Marudaizu Senbei, Sanko no Agesen and Echigo Taruyaki.
What is Echigo Taruyaki
Katayaki senbei (堅焼せんべい) is the hard-baked style of Japanese rice cracker — dense and firm rather than light and airy. By one of several accounts Sanko Seika tells, the Echigo Taruyaki name comes from "Niigata Jinku", a bon-odori folk song carried down for over 200 years in Niigata City, which is accompanied by taru-kinuta — percussion played on wooden barrels. The range comes in three flavours: shoyu (soy sauce), umami shio (salt) and goma (sesame).
How to make Echigo Taruyaki Okoshi — Sanko Seika's recipe
Ingredients: 10 Echigo Taruyaki Goma crackers (about 50 g), 3 tablespoons sugar, 2 teaspoons starch syrup (mizuame), 2 teaspoons water, ½ teaspoon sesame oil.
Method: Crush the crackers and set aside, and ready two sheets of baking paper. Put the sugar, starch syrup and water in a heatproof bowl and microwave (500 W, 90 seconds). Taking care not to burn yourself, remove, stir in the sesame oil, and microwave again (500 W, 60 seconds). Again taking care, remove and mix in the crushed crackers. Turn out onto one sheet of baking paper and press flat with the second sheet on top. It sets hard, so mind your hands — cut into bite-sized pieces with a knife.
Ingredients
Rice (from Thailand, China and other origins), sesame, soy sauce (contains wheat and soybean), sugar, dextrin, soy sauce powder, starch, onion powder / modified starch, sorbitol, seasoning (amino acids, etc.), caramel colour.
Allergens
Contains wheat, sesame and soy. Manufactured in a factory that also handles shrimp, crab, egg, and milk. Refer to the package for the most current allergen declaration.
Nutrition (per bag, 76 g — manufacturer's estimated values)
Energy 314 kcal · Protein 6.2 g · Fat 5.5 g · Carbohydrate 59.9 g · Salt-equivalent 1.60 g.
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Hard-baked Niigata senbei · 越後樽焼 ごま · Sanko Seika Echigo Taruyaki range.
