Orange Mochi Recipe

Here's my quick and easy Orange Mochi Recipe that uses sweet rice flour and fresh oranges. Pop the mochiko batter in the microwave to make the perfect mochi, and wrap the layer around an orange. Yes, it's that easy to make. There is no bean mixture or ice cream, making it a simpler recipe.

Course Dessert, Desserts

Cuisine Japanese

Keyword japanese desserts, Mochi, mochi ice cream, Mochiko

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 4

Total Time 9

Servings mochi

Calories 110kcal

Author Janine Waite

Ingredients

Mandarin Oranges

5 mandarin or clementine oranges Peel and horoughly dry

Mochi

¾ cup Mochiko Sweet Rice Flour I use the brand, Koda Farms Mochiko Flour
½ cup granulated sugar
¾ cup orange juice No pulp
2 drops white vinegar It keeps the mochi pliable
drops orange food coloring
cornstarch or mochiko flour This is used to dust the surface and your hands while forming the mochi

Instructions

Oranges

Peel oranges and make sure the mandarins are dry thoroughly before placing them in the mochi.

Prep Counter

Clean your counter and sprinkle it with Mochiko flour or cornstarch.
Also, sprinkle a container or plate with Mochiko flour or cornstarch.

Mochi

Measure out the Mochiko flour and sugar and mix in a medium size bowl.
Add the orange juice, vinegar, and food coloring to the rice flour. Mix thoroughly with a whisk.
Cover the bowl with a microwaveable plate or wrap.
Place the mochi mixture in the microwave and cook on a high setting for a minute. Not all microwaves have the same strength, so your cook time might be less or more. Please adjust accordingly. I have a powerful microwave.
After a minute of cooking, take it out of the oven and stir. Cover again and cook another minute.
Repeat this until you cook it for about 2-4 minutes, and make sure to stir the mochi each time.

Forming Mochi

On your prepped countertop, form dough into a small pancake about 5 inches or more in diameter. Be careful; the dough is super hot. Also, the mochi will be sticky, so dust your hands and the mochi with cornstarch or mochiko flour.
Place one mandarin orange in the middle of your round pancake, and place the orange upside down. Next, bring up the sides of the mochi and pinch the dough together. Make sure that all edges get pinched together so there are no holes.
If there's excess mochi dough on the bottom, simply pinch it off. Then, dust the cut mochi with mochiko flour to prevent stickiness.
Roll mochi in a ball in your hand. Place the seam side down on a plate sprinkled with Mochiko flour or cornstarch.

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