Amanoya Hitokuchi Kabukiage Fried Rice Cracker

Kabukiage is named after kabuki theatre, and the connection is the pattern stamped into each cracker — a stylised design borrowed from the kumadori face-paint and crest motifs of the form.

Amanoya has made it since the 1960s, and it is one of the few Japanese rice crackers whose identity rests on how it looks as much as how it tastes.

This is the bite-sized version: the same recipe shrunk to a single mouthful.

The seasoning is soy sauce and zarame, coarse crystal sugar, and Amanoya uses the same tare as the full-size original — adjusted in strength for the smaller surface area, since a small cracker carries proportionally more coating.

That combination is the backbone of Japanese age-senbei: fried rice cracker brushed with sweet soy, where the sugar caramelises slightly against the hot oil and the soy keeps it savoury.

Sweet first, salty behind it, and a dry crunch throughout.

The size changes how you eat it.

A full-size Kabukiage is a deliberate thing, broken and eaten in pieces; these go in whole, and Amanoya’s own warning is that a bag disappears before you notice.

The rice is uruchi, American and Japanese, and the crackers are fried rather than baked, which gives them the density that age-senbei is known for.

52 g to a bag with a seven-month shelf life.

About this item
Item Name : Hitokuchi Kabukiage
Brand : Amanoya
Item Form : Rice Cracker
Allergens: Wheat, soybean
Number of Items : 52g (Pack of 1)