ONIGIRI (JAPANESE RICE BALL)
Onigiri (おにぎり, Japanese rice ball) is like a sandwich in Western culture. Why don't you take rice balls wrapped in yaki nori (roasted seaweed sheet) with grilled salted salmon for lunch? It's such a simple food but it is so comforting and tasty that you can't stop eating. Instead of salmon or other popular protein, you can add pickled vegetables or pickled salty plum to make it 100% vegetarian. The shape can be flat and round instead of triangle.
Provided by Yumiko
Categories Main
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Place a cutting board in front of you and arrange salmon and the onigiri ingredients around it.
- Add ¼ of the cooked rice to a tea cup or a small rice bowl of 150-180ml (5-6 oz), then turn it over and place the rice on the cutting board.
- Wet your finger with water and make a well in the centre of the rice using your finger.
- Add ¼ of the salmon pieces to the well.
- Wet both palms of your hands with water, then take about ¼ of the salt and rub both palms together to spread the salt over them.
- Pick up the rice from both sides by making a cup with your hands so that the rice will sit in your palms.
- Using your thumbs, press down the salmon and then gather the rice around to cover the salmon and bury it in the centre (note 5) and make a rice ball.
- Place the rice ball on the palm of the left hand, then place your right hand over the rice ball perpendicular to your left hand.
- Then using mainly three fingers (index finger, middle finger and ring finger), squeeze the rice ball with both hands to shape it into a triangle. The left hand should control the thickness of the onigiri to make it about 4cm (1 ½") thick and the right hand should shape the triangle. Press firmly but not too tight (note 6).
- While pressing firmly, occasionally roll the triangle and press to make the onigiri more like an equilateral triangle.
- Place the onigiri in the centre of a yaki nori sheet and cover both sides of the triangular surface with yaki nori.
- Repeat for the remaining 3 onigiri (note 7).
HOW TO MAKE ONIGIRI (JAPANESE RICE BALLS) | ULTIMATE GUIDE
This Ultimate Guide covers How to Make Onigiri from start to finish. You'll learn a variety of ways to season and fill them, and different ways of shaping and wrapping them perfectly every time! Plus, helpful tips and tricks to choosing the best ingredients and storing these Japanese Rice Balls.
Provided by Lisa Kitahara
Categories Entree
Time 55m
Yield 10-12 Rice Balls
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- First rinse 3 cups of short grain rice and then add it into the rice cooker. Fill with water until the 3 mark line* and allow the rice to cook. In the meantime, cut up some nori sheets (refer to information and photos above).
- Once the rice is finished cooking, let it rest for 5-10 minutes in the rice cooker. In the meantime, set up your work station. You should have a small bowl of salt, water, furikake and your fillings ready to be used. As well, keep a tray or container close by to place your finished rice balls on.
- Open the rice cooker than gently mix the rice and cover with a damp cloth. Bring it over to your work station.
- Filled Onigiri: Place some rice into a medium size bowl and sprinkle some salt over. Mix with the rice paddle. Place a small scoop of rice (just enough to fill the bottom part of the mold) and gently press it in. Make a small indent in the middle and place 1 umeboshi (or 1/2-1 tbsp of some kind of filling) in the indent. Cover with more rice until 3/4 of the way full and then place the lid on top. Gently press down until it's formed into a rice ball. Lightly wet your hands and dab your pointer finger and middle finger in the salt and rub between your hands. Place the rice ball between your hands and cup it (like if you were to hand-mold the onigiri). This just ensures the rice ball is salted throughout for preserving longer. Place onto a tray or container and cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until you make as many as you desire.
- Seasoned Onigiri: Place some rice into a medium size bowl and sprinkle some Furikake or Yukari Shiso in. Mix with the rice paddle. Place a scoop of rice until 3/4 of the way full and then place the lid on top. Gently press down until it's formed into a rice ball. Lightly wet your hands and dab your pointer finger in the salt and rub between your hands. Place the rice ball between your hands and cup it (like if you were to hand-mold the onigiri). Place onto a tray or container and cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until you make as many as you desire.
- Filled Onigiri: Place some rice into a medium size bowl and sprinkle some salt over. Mix with the rice paddle. Wet your hands and dab your pointer finger and middle finger in the salt, rub between your hands. Place a scoop of rice in the middle of your hand (around 1/3 - 1/2 cup) and gently press it in your palm. Make a small indent in the middle and add 1 pitted umeboshi or 1/2-1 tbsp of filling. With the hand holding the rice ball, curl your hand more and slowly cover the filling with rice from the side. Shape it into a ball or rounded triangle by gently pressing between your two hands. Place onto a tray or container and cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until you make as many as you desire.
- Seasoned Onigiri: Place some rice into a medium size bowl and sprinkle some Furikake or Yukari Shiso in. Mix with the rice paddle. Wet your hands and dab your pointer finger and middle finger in the salt, rub between your hands. Place a scoop of rice (around 1/3 - 1/2 cup) on to your hand and shape into a ball or rounded triangle. Place onto a tray or container and cover with a damp cloth. Repeat until you make as many as you desire.
- If eating immediately, wrap your rice balls with the roasted cut up nori sheets and serve.
- If eating later, wrap your onigiri with some cling wrap or place in a bento box. Place the nori in a separate container to keep them crisp. Wrap the rice balls before eating.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1 Rice Ball, Calories 154, Sodium 388mg, Fat 0.3, SaturatedFat 0.1, UnsaturatedFat 0.2, Carbohydrate 33.4, Fiber 0.4, Protein 3.2
ONIGIRI (JAPANESE RICE BALLS)
Rice shaped in triangles or balls filled with your favorite ingredients. Common fillings are pickled plums or salmon but just about anything salty will work and plain is also very tasty. A tasty alternative to the American sandwich and a staple for any bento (Japanese boxed lunch). Store in the refrigerator.
Provided by Tiffany
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 55m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Combine 2 cups water, rice, and a pinch of salt in a saucepan. Bring to a boil; reduce heat to medium-low and cover. Simmer, stirring occasionally to prevent rice from sticking, until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes. Fluff with a fork; cool rice until easily handled, about 10 minutes.
- Fill a small bowl with water. Place 2 tablespoons of salt in another small bowl.
- Dip hands in water and rub salt over hands. Take a handful of warm rice and form it into a ball. Gently squish ball; with your hands in an "L" or "C" shape, apply gentle pressure to the sides to make a triangle shape.
- Wrap a strip of nori around the triangle, using a bit of water to help it stick if necessary.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 113.9 calories, Carbohydrate 25.6 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 2.2 g, Sodium 28.4 mg
ONIGIRI - JAPANESE RICE BALLS
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls. 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.
Provided by Li Shu
Categories Side Dish Rice Side Dish Recipes
Time 1h10m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Wash the rice in a mesh strainer until the water runs clear. Combine washed rice and 4 1/2 cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low; cover. Simmer rice until the water is absorbed, 15 to 20 minutes. Let rice rest, for 15 minutes to allow the rice to continue to steam and become tender. Allow cooked rice to cool.
- Combine 1 cup water with the salt in a small bowl. Use this water to dampen hands before handling the rice. Divide the cooked rice into 8 equal portions. Use one portion of rice for each onigiri.
- Divide one portion of rice in two. Create a dimple in the rice and fill with a heaping teaspoon of bonito flakes. Cover with the remaining portion of rice and press lightly to enclose filling inside rice ball. Gently press the rice to shape into a triangle. Wrap shaped onigiri with a strip of nori. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Repeat to make a total of 8 onigiri.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 744.4 calories, Carbohydrate 159.4 g, Fat 3.3 g, Fiber 6.1 g, Protein 14.4 g, SaturatedFat 0.6 g, Sodium 160.4 mg, Sugar 1 g
ONIGIRI (RICE BALLS)
Because Japanese rice balls are so easy to eat, they're often used in lunch boxes. Our Test Kitchen's onigiri recipe features tuna and a touch of wasabi. -Test Kitchen, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Appetizers
Time 40m
Yield 8 appetizers.
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- In a large saucepan, combine rice and water; let stand for 30 minutes. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer for 15-20 minutes or until water is absorbed and rice is tender. Remove from the heat. Let stand, covered, for 10 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the tuna, soy sauce and wasabi. With wet hands, shape 1/2 cup rice into a patty. Place 1 tablespoon tuna mixture in the center. Shape rice around tuna to enclose filling, forming a triangle. Repeat with remaining ingredients. Serve immediately.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 203 calories, Fat 0 fat (0 saturated fat), Cholesterol 5mg cholesterol, Sodium 218mg sodium, Carbohydrate 40g carbohydrate (0 sugars, Fiber 1g fiber), Protein 8g protein.
YAKI ONIGIRI (GRILLED JAPANESE RICE BALLS) WITH PICKLED SHIITAKES
Onigiri, also known as omusube, are portable snacks, often sold in Japanese convenience stores, which are traditionally stuffed with salty, tangy fillings, then wrapped in seaweed. When grilled, glazed or cooked, they become yaki onigiri. In this version, adapted from "Vegan JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Vegan Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home" by Tim Anderson (Hardie Grant, 2020), a little bit of the pickled shiitake filling goes a long way. (The recipe makes extra, which you can keep refrigerated to add to stir-fries, ramen or even omelets.) You could also stuff these with finely chopped kimchi, Japanese pickles, sautéed greens or nothing at all. Available online or at most Japanese supermarkets, an onigiri mold makes for sleek shaping, but, with a little practice, you could also form the shape by hand, or simply roll the rice between your palms into balls. For hot yaki onigiri, brush them with the miso glaze, which will form a delightful crackly, caramelized crust when broiled.
Provided by Alexa Weibel
Time 1h
Yield 6 to 12 onigiri (2 to 4 servings)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Prepare the filling, if using: Add the shiitakes to a medium saucepan and top with cold water by a couple of inches. Stir to combine. Heat over medium-low just until bubbles start to break the surface. Cover and set aside to rehydrate for about 30 minutes. Once the mushrooms are tender, transfer them to a cutting board and thinly slice. (Save the mushroom stock for another use.) Toss sliced mushrooms with chile flakes, then transfer to a jar or lidded container. Top with soy sauce, mirin and rice vinegar. Cover and refrigerate. Let pickle at least 2 hours to develop flavor. They're even better after a few days and will keep refrigerated for up to 6 months.
- After the mushrooms have pickled (if using), prepare the rice: Add the rice to a medium saucepan with a tight-fitting lid. Rinse the grains to remove any excess starch, and cover rice with cold water by 1 or 2 inches. Swish them around with outstretched fingers, then drain the rice, repeating the process three or four times until the water goes from milky to just slightly cloudy.
- Pour 1 3/4 cups/420 milliliters water into the rinsed, drained rice, and give the rice a stir to distribute evenly. If time permits, let the rice soak for 15 to 30 minutes, which will help the grains cook even more evenly.
- Heat the rice over high and bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Once the mixture comes to a boil, cover it with the lid and reduce the heat to low or medium-low. You want a low heat that is still high enough to hear the rice bubbling. You should be able to see some steam escaping from the lid; turn the heat up slightly if necessary. Set a timer for 15 minutes and let it cook, undisturbed. (No peeking, or you'll lose precious moisture!)
- After 15 minutes, turn off the heat and gently fluff the rice using chopsticks or a fork. Put the lid back on and let sit for another 5 to 10 minutes to finish cooking in the residual heat. Tip the rice onto a baking sheet to cool slightly.
- While the rice cooks, prepare the miso sauce, if making hot, glazed yaki onigiri: In a small bowl, whisk together the miso, sesame oil, mirin, sugar, sake and rice vinegar until smooth and sugar has dissolved.
- Once the rice has cooled enough to be handled comfortably, brush a baking sheet lightly with neutral oil, so the onigiri don't stick, and prepare a bowl of water for rinsing your hand to prevent the rice from sticking. Form your onigiri. If using Japanese onigiri mold, press about 1/3 cup cooked rice in the bottom, press an indentation in the center to stuff with about 2 teaspoons of finely chopped filling, then top with another 1/3 cup layer of rice, pressing down with the top piece of your rice mold. Transfer onigiri to the greased baking sheet.
- If working by hand, you'll want to grab a large handful of rice, compress the rice into a ball in the palm of your hand, then press the sides to form a triangular shape, flattening it into a triangular patty. (This shaping process requires some finesse, but you can also form rounded balls and simply compress them into pucks.) Transfer to the prepared baking sheet, rinsing your hands as needed.
- If stuffing with mushrooms or other fillings, you'll need only a few finely chopped tablespoons: 1 to 3 teaspoons per onigiri, depending on the size of your rice rolls. Compress the first handful of rice in your palm. Add the filling to the center and fold the rice up the sides. (You want to make sure the filling is just in the center portion. If the rice doesn't create a seal, the onigiri will fall apart.) Top with another layer of rice and compress on all sides to form onigiri in the desired shape.
- Garnish with sesame seeds and wrap with a small rectangle of nori, if using, and serve immediately. (Onigiri can be prepared 1 day in advance, wrapped in plastic and refrigerated, but should come to room temperature before being consumed.)
- If making yaki onigiri, brush the top of the onigiri with miso sauce. Transfer to the oven and broil until the glaze forms a crust that is golden and lightly browned in spots, rotating if necessary, about 5 minutes. Carefully slip a flat spatula underneath to flip yaki onigiri; brush on the other side and broil until glazed on the second side, another 5 minutes. Garnish as you would onigiri.
JAPANESE RICE BALLS
Steps:
- Gather the ingredients.
- Cut each nori sheet (if using) into 8 or 9 strips and put about a 1/2 cup of steamed rice in a rice bowl.
- Wet your hands with water so that rice won't stick.
- Rub some salt on your wet hands.
- Place steamed rice in your hand and form into a triangle, making sure it is dense and thick.
- Put your favorite filling, such as umeboshi or grilled salmon, on rice and push the filling into rice lightly.
- Hold rice between palms.
- Form rice into a round, a triangle, or a cylinder by pressing lightly with both palms, securing filling in the middle. Roll rice ball in your hands a few times, pressing lightly.
- Wrap rice ball with a strip or two of nori (if using), or sprinkle some sesame seeds on them (if using).
Nutrition Facts : Calories 119 kcal, Carbohydrate 25 g, Cholesterol 0 mg, Fiber 0 g, Protein 2 g, SaturatedFat 0 g, Sodium 164 mg, Sugar 3 g, Fat 1 g, ServingSize 8 rice balls (8 servings), UnsaturatedFat 0 g
ONIGIRI (JAPANESE RICE BALLS)
Make and share this Onigiri (Japanese Rice Balls) recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Moishe Lettvin 1
Categories Short Grain Rice
Time 30m
Yield 8 rice balls, 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Cook the rice.
- Keep it warm, but let it cool enough so that it won't burn your hands.
- Cut each nori sheet into 9 strips.
- Wet your hands and sprinkle them with salt to prevent the rice from sticking to them.
- Mold a handful of rice into a triangular shape with an indentation in the middle.
- Press a piece of umeboshi into the indentation you left.
- Wrap the rice and umeboshi in Nori strips.
- Serve immediately or save for later.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 203.2, Fat 0.3, SaturatedFat 0.1, Sodium 0.6, Carbohydrate 44.9, Fiber 1.6, Protein 3.7
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