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What it is

A homemade version of department-store-style giant inari sushi: seasoned tofu pockets filled 70% with seasoned rice and topped generously with salmon-avocado or gochujang-seasoned yukhoe and cucumber. It is for recreating the premium ₩4,000-per-piece version more cheaply at home.

Does it work?

Worth making if you want several pieces or customized toppings, but the claimed “half-price” result is not an overwhelming bargain once ingredients and labor are considered. Commenters jokingly reverse the video’s logic: “If making it yourself costs half, that means the department store sells it at an unbelievably low 50% food-cost ratio… I should buy it.” Easier home toppings such as crab sticks or tuna may make the recipe more practical.

Watch-outs

Use the giant seasoned tofu pockets sold online, not ordinary supermarket home-use pockets, if you want the featured style. The pockets cost about ₩11,500 for 40, or roughly ₩290 each, before rice and premium toppings. Squeeze them only lightly, control how much seasoning liquid enters the rice, and fill carefully because commenters identify tearing the pocket as the hardest step. Add avocado and cucumber last so they do not break down. Making many pieces is laborious; one commenter said that after ten, they simply shaped the rice and laid tofu on top.

Better pick

Crab sticks or tuna are the explicitly suggested cheaper, easier toppings. Other named options include cube steak, pork cutlet, seasoned shrimp, and a local luxury-inari shop called “Mari,” where one commenter reports a price of ₩2,700 per piece.