On a recent trip to Los Angeles, my friend and I stopped by MJ Cafe & Teahouse for a late-night snack. We ended up ordering one “King Farqua Going Green” – aka matcha mochi waffle – to go, and inhaled it as soon as we hopped in the car.
As you might expect, the doughy treat was crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and perfectly flavored with green tea. When I got back home, I was immediately on the hunt for a matcha mochi waffle recipe.
An online search turned up two promising options. My first attempt at recreating the confection was successful, but the second was spot on. In fact, after my friend had a taste of the latter, he uttered, “More, please!” Enjoy matcha mochi waffles as is or topped with ice cream.
Recipe adapted from The Little Epicurean.
- 1½ cups + 2 tablespoons sweet rice flour, divided
- ¾ cup whole milk, divided
- 3 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- ½ cup sugar
- 2 tablespoons matcha powder
- 1½ teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- In a small bowl, whisk together ¼ cup sweet rice flour and ¼ cup milk. Microwave for 1 minute, stirring every 20 seconds. Transfer mixture to the bowl of a stand mixer and let cool for 3 minutes. At this point, the batter will be very sticky.
- Add the remaining ½ cup milk, butter, vanilla extract and egg and beat on low speed until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine the remaining 1¼ cups + 2 tablespoons sweet rice flour, sugar, matcha powder, baking powder and salt; mix well. Add the dry mixture to the wet mixture and beat on low speed until combined. Increase speed to medium and beat until smooth and elastic. Divide batter in half.
- Preheat and grease a waffle iron. Follow the directions on your waffle iron to cook the waffles. They will crisp up as they cool.
Wow, such a creative twist on waffles, it sounds delicious! Thank you for sharing, Alison! 🙂
My pleasure – they’re dangerously addictive. 😉
Where did you get those plates? I seriously love them!
Hi Megan – I love them, too! They’re from Pottery Barn but no longer available.
The waffles look amazing with very nice texture. I wonder which waffle maker you were using?
Thank you! I used a Cuisinart Belgian Waffle Maker. 🙂
I am curious why step 1 is required (microwaving some flour and milk)? Thanks!
Hi Rose – It helps create the sticky mochi dough.
Thank you, Alison!
Made these today and was really looking forward to it. Unfortunately they didn’t turn out. It was really chewy, like eating pure mochi. I love mochi waffles but I’ll have to modify or look for another recipe that gets close.
What makes these waffles unique is that they are very chewy, but perhaps a recipe with some all-purpose flour would be more to your liking. Sorry the recipe was a dud for you!