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Onigiri Recipe (Japanese Rice Balls)
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Onigiri Recipe (Japanese Rice Balls)

Onigiri - Easy and delicious Japanese rice balls shaped in triangles and wrapped with seaweeds. Topped with fish roes. So good.
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time25 minutes
Course: Rice
Cuisine: Japanese Recipes
Keyword: Japanese Rice Balls, onigiri recipe
Servings: 6 people
Author: Bee Yinn Low

Ingredients

  • 1 cup Japanese sushi rice
  • 1 tablespoon rice vinegar optional
  • 2 tablespoons furikake bottled Japanese seasoning
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 pinch white sesame
  • toasted seaweed
  • 1 tablespoon tobiko or fish roe

Instructions

  • Cook the rice in a rice cooker and let it cool.
  • Add the rice vinegar (if using), furikake, salt, and white sesame seeds to the rice. Stir to mix well.
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  • Using a triangle onigiri mold or your hands, shape the rice into six triangle rice balls. Wrap the bottom part of each rice ball with seaweed and top with tobiko. Serve immediately.

Nutrition

Serving: 6people | Calories: 114kcal | Carbohydrates: 25g | Protein: 2g | Sodium: 2mg