Simple Japanese Finger Food?!
Answers: I am doing a project on Japan in my world history class and I wanted to bring japanese food to help with our presentation. I need to try to find pretty much a finger food that's simple to make or buy and that doesn't have sauce or soup to spill for my classmates. I really hope somebody can help because I need to finish this before Thursday morning. Thanks!
Here are some low-maintenance suggestions (no sauces, no fuss):
Edamame (soybeans) is an excellent suggestion. They often sell it frozen, and you just have to boil it in the pods and lightly salt the exterior. Served at room temp, and no sauces or fuss to mess with. Just make sure you know and you let your class know that you are not to eat the pod/exterior. Rather, you place the pod to your lips and use your fingers to pop the soybeans out into your mouth. When I was a kid I used to compete with my cousins to see who can eat a bowl of edamame the fastest.
Another popular Japanese snack (even in the USA) is Pocky. They're stick-shaped biscuits dipped in chocolate or other flavors (like strawberry). You can buy a bunch (one box has four packs in it, with several sticks per pack), open it up and place in a glass to serve. If it's for a class, make sure you get enough for the class and specify how many each person can have (maybe get enough for 2-3 sticks per person).
Wasabi-peas is another great idea. They sell those in cans, and you can pass it around. Since wasabi has a potent sinus-clearing zing to it, you wont need that many per person. Just make sure no one puts a whole handful in their mouth. Or, you can go ahead and dare someone to do just that. Fyi: wasabi (japanese horseradish) is the hot green mustard that accompanies sushi.
All three items mentioned above have become relatively popular in the USA, such that most larger grocery stores will have them in their asian or international foods section. If not, you will definitely find them in an oriental market/international grocery store.
Take and make Tempura anything. Shrimp, veggies, chicken. Serve with a high quality soy sauce
Boiled edamame in the shell. No muss, no fuss.
Go to this site...they have many recipes that are easy
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Yakitori is probably the best Japanese finger food.
Edamame is good and it is totally acceptable in Japanese culture to eat sushi with your fingers.
Stay away from meats (like teriyaki chicken/yakitori) unless you have the proper facilites to keep it chilled and sufficiently reheat it (for safety reasons!). And I agree with you: keep to things that can be kept at room temperature and don't require sauces and dips and stuff.
Sushi works.