Easy Sesame Crusted Rice truffle Pattie’s with tahini sauce
Delicious sesame-crusted fragrant rice cakes speckled with mouthwatering earthy truffle and decadently drizzled with luxe tahini sauce. It’s crispy, crunchy, and golden on the outside yet tender and fluffy on the inside. These vegan truffle rice patties make the ideal easy guest recipe that is sure to impress.This easy sesame-crusted rice truffle patties with tahini sauce is a one-way street to flavor heaven. The slightly sweet nutty crunch of sesame seeds baked to a golden crisp in the oven with the tender sushi rice speckled with luxe truffles and bathed in a mouthwatering fresh tahini sauce is the ideal vegan crowd-pleaser guest recipe
Ingredients
Rice (can be made in advance)
- 1½ cups (300g) Sushi rice Pre-cooked weight
- 1½ cups (360ml) Water
- 2 tbsp Dried Truffles Chopped (if you’re using fresh truffles wait and add halfway through cooking)
- ½ tsp Sea salt or Kosher Salt
Sesame Patties
- ½ cup Sesame Seeds White or multi colored
- 2 tsp Garlic Powder
- 2 tsp Thyme
- 5 tbsp Sweet Chili Sauce
Tahini sauce
- ½ cup Olive Oil
- ½ cup Water
- 5 tbsp Tahini
- 1 bunch Fresh Basil
- 2 cloves Garlic or 2 tsp garlic powder)
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- ½ tsp Sea salt or Kosher Salt more if needed
Instructions
Cooking the rice
- Rinse the rice in a sieve until the water is clear. Drain away the water and transfer the rice to a pot or rice cooker. Cover with water and add salt and add the chopped dried truffles to the rice. Cover with a lid and bring to a boil. Once the rice is boiling, reduce the heat to a simmer and let the rice cook while stirring occasionally for 15-20 minutes or until the rice has absorbed all the liquid.
- Remove from the heat and leave the rice to steam with the cover still on for another 10-15 minutes.When the rice is cooked tender, press it into a loaf and cover it with plastic film or a damp towel to prevent it from drying out. Leave the rice to cool.
Making the Tahini sauce
- Place all your tahini sauce ingredients into a blender and blend until it’s smooth and creamy. If the sauce is too runny just add a little more tahini. If you find the sauce is too thick for your liking just add a little extra cold water.
Making the sesame-crusted rice patties in the oven
- In a mixing bowl mix soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, and olive oil. Set aside.
- Next in another bowl, mix sesame seeds with the garlic powder and thyme.
- Now, preheat the oven to 400F and line a baking sheet with baking paper.Gently remove the rice from the storage container and place it on a cutting board, being careful not to break the rice apart. Gently cut the rice loaf into 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick slices.
- Next, carefully brush one side of the rice slices with the soy sauce mixture before dipping it in the sesame seed mix. Repeat on both sides so the rice patties are crusted in sesame seeds.Place the rice patties on the lined baking sheet and bake in the oven for 15-minutes, flipping over halfway through.Remove from the oven and serve with a dollop of tahini sauce.
Making the sesame-crusted rice patties in a pan
- In a mixing bowl mix soy sauce, sweet chili sauce, and olive oil. Set aside.
- Next in another bowl, mix sesame seeds with the garlic powder and thyme.Now, gently remove the rice from the storage container and place it on a cutting board, being careful not to break the rice apart. Gently cut the rice loaf into 1/2 inch to 1 inch thick slices.
- Next, carefully brush one side of the rice slices with the soy sauce mixture before dipping it in the sesame seed mix. Repeat on both sides so the rice Pattie’s are crusted in sesame seeds.
- Heat a non-stick pan with vegetable oil. Place the rice patties on the hot pan and cook for 3-5 minutes or until golden. Flip over and fry the other side. Remove from the heat and serve with a dollop of tahini sauce.