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Mamenori (Soybean Paper)
Soybean paper also referred to as mamenori or mame-nori-san are thin wrappers used as a substitute for nori. These versatile wrappers can also be used as a spring roll wrapper or even as a dessert wrap.

soybean paper (mamenori)

Crab & Mango Salad Handroll With A Cilantro Thai Vinaigrette
From the Kitchen of: Sansei Seafood Restaurant & Sushi Bar

I N G R E D I E N T S
8 oz. crab meat
4 oz. fresh mango
1 oz. fresh Kula (mesclun mix salad) greens
4 1/2 sheets colored mamenori (soybean wrap)
8 oz. dry roasted peanuts
1 oz. cooked rice
2 oz. cilantro Thai vinaigrette (see recipe)

Cilantro Thai Vinaigrette
6 oz. rice vinegar
2 oz. sake
12 oz. sugar
1 oz. fish sauce
3/4 tsp. chopped garlic
1 tsp. sambal olek (garlic chili paste)
2 oz. cucumber, small thin slices
1/2 oz. cilantro, coarsely chopped

I N S T R U C T I O N S

Vinaigrette
Burn alcohol off sake, add sugar till dissolved, place in a mixer with all liquid ingredients and garlic. Mix and add cucumbers and cilantro.

Assemble Handrolls
Lay the mamenori with the short end close to you, in the closes 1/3, lay the greens, crab, peanuts and mango. Dot the top with rice. Using a sushi mat, roll lightly but firmly. Cut half, place up right and sauce around the roll.

soybean paper sheets in array of colors

Soybean Paper Nutritional Information
These soy wrappers are low carb, low calorie and contain almost no fat.
Soybean paper (mamenori) nutrition information

Some Creative Soybean Paper Uses

Print On Soybean Paper
Let your creativity run amuck. Create edible food photographs with your inkjet printer loaded with edible soy based ink. Edible ink cartridges are available at Kopycake.com. Read about Chef Cantu's edible food photos.

Sushi Cakes - From Notmartha.com. These creative little cakes look like real sushi but ingredients include soybean wrappers, Sweedish fish, and pound cake.

Crispy Candy Sushi Snacks - FamilyFun.go.com. Substitute soy paper sheets for fruit leather.

Kookie Sushi - Cookies that look so much like sushi you would not know they are sweets.

Very Special Sushi - From JustFabulous.com. Colorful soy wrappers surround a filling of sweet sticky rice flavored with coconut milk, ginger, and vanilla. Tiny jewels of glazed strawberry, mango, and kiwi sprinkled with black and white sesame seeds. Serve with lime "wasabi", blood orange broth and finish off with a crispy edible chopstick.

Where To Buy
Check with your local Asian grocery store. The soy paper can be a little hard to find.

Buy Online - Buy Soybean Paper (Mamenori) online at GourmetSleuth.com. We stock a complete selection of colors including orange, yellow, original (off white), green and pink. See our product specifications below.

Soybean Wrapper (Mamenori) Product Specifications
Item	Original	Paprika Orange	Spinach Green
Ingredient	Soybean protein, soy flour, glycerol, soybean oil, water, titanium dioxide color (glucose syrup [wheat], titanium dioxide, deionized water, gum acacial).	Soybean protein, soy flour, glycerol, soybean oil, water, paprika extract color (glycerol, paprika, deionized water, sucrose esters, mono & diglycerides of fatty acids, ascorbyl palmitate, dl alpha tocopherol).	Soybean protein, soy flour, glycerol, soybean oil, water, spinach extract color (polysorbate 80, spinach extract, sunflower oil, glycerol, ascorbyl palmitate, dl alpha tocopherol).
Sheet size	7-1/16" x 7-7/8" (118cm x 20cm)	7-1/16" x 7-7/8" (118cm x 20cm)	7-1/16" x 7-7/8" (118cm x 20cm)
Kosher	yes	yes	yes

	Pink	Turmeric Yellow
Ingredient	Soybean protein, soy flour, glycerol, soybean oil, water, carmine extract color (maltodextrin, carmine powder, potassium hydroxide).	Soybean protein, soy flour, glycerol, soybean oil, water, turmeric extract color (propylene glycol, curcumin).
Sheet Size	7-1/16" x 7-7/8" (118cm x 20cm)	7-1/16" x 7-7/8" (118cm x 20cm)
Kosher	no	yes

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