Rice Ball (Onigiri). To make yaki onigiri, broil (or grill) the rice balls, turning once, until both sides are evenly browned. They're fun to make and are a staple of Japanese lunchboxes (bento). You can put almost anything in an onigiri; try substituting grilled salmon, pickled plums, beef, pork, turkey, or tuna with mayonnaise.
Much like sandwiches in the West, onigiri is readily available in convenience stores across Japan, and it's great for a quick and easy savory snack.
A rice ball with filling is like a complete meal that can be eaten in one hand.
Therefore, Onigiri rice ball is perfect portable food for lunch and picnics.
You can cook Rice Ball (Onigiri) using 4 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.
Ingredients of Rice Ball (Onigiri)
- It's 150 g of Cooked rice.
- It's 1 pcs of Seaweed.
- Prepare 1/3 pcs of Grilled Salmon.
- Prepare 1/2 teaspoon of salt.
If you have never made an Onigiri rice ball before and would like to make a triangle one, please watch our video and practice once or twice. If you don't care about shapes, just start. Onigiri are fluffy shaped rice balls wrapped in nori and packed with a variety of different savory fillings like buttery salmon, umami flavored bonito and soy sauce, creamy tuna, and furikake. They are a cooked plain Japonica short-grain rice made into a triangle shape (usually) wrapped with nori seaweed.
Rice Ball (Onigiri) step by step
- Put plastic wrap on a cup..
- Put in 1/4 teaspoon of salt.
- Put in half of the cooked rice.
- Add grilled salmon, or anything you like. Can of tuna with mayonnaise, dried plum is also popular in Japan..
- Add remaining rice on grilled salmon..
- Cover with plastic wrap and form rice ball.
- Cover rice ball with seaweed. That's it!.
However, there are many different rice balls in terms of fillings and seasonings. Onigiri are balls of rice, usually wrapped with nori seaweed and containing a meat or vegetable filling. Much like sandwiches in the West, onigiri are readily available in convenience stores across Japan and are great for a quick and easy snack. Onigiri, also known as Japanese rice ball is a great example of how inventive Japanese cuisine can be. It is also a Japanese comfort food made from steamed rice formed into the typical triangular, ball, or cylinder shapes and usually wrapped with nori (dried seaweed).