Vegan Parmesan Crusted Peanut Butter Onigiri Japanese Rice Balls Recipes

VEGAN ONIGIRI - JAPANESE STUFFED RICE BALLS

Steps:

• Wash rice in a strainer. Add rice and 1 cup of water to a pot. Bring to a boil over high heat, then reduce heat to low. Cover pot and simmer rice for about 15 minutes, or until the water is fully absorbed. Let rice cool a bit.
• Meanwhile prepare your fillings. Using a food processor blend together peanut butter, bell pepper, ginger and seasoning, then add to a bowl. Mix together miso and walnut; cilantro and scallion; edamame and sesame seeds; avocado, lime juice and zest (all in separate bowls).
• Divide rice between the bowls and mix together with the fillings (keeping them still separate). Wet your hands, and scoop out a portion of rice, then gently shape rice into a ball or triangle.
• Wrap Onigiri with a strip of nori or avocado slices, or roll them over in a plate of toasted sesame seeds. Enjoy!

VEGAN PARMESAN CRUSTED PEANUT BUTTER ONIGIRI (JAPANESE RICE BALLS)

Steps:

• Wash the rice until the water stays relatively clear and cook the rice along with the salt (with the lid on) on low heat until the rice absorbed all the water. Pour the brown rice vinegar onto the warm rice and fold it in. Let it cool off completely.
• Cut the nori sheet in 6 strips, so they could go around the bottom of the onigiri.
• Slightly wet your hands (this way it's easier to work with the rice and it's not that sticky) and form 6 balls.
• Press one ball flat in your hand, spread the peanut butter on one side of the circle (leave out the edges) and fold it together. Now form the onigiri in shape.
• Put a nori strip around the bottom. Pour the cashew parmesan on a shallow dish and dip the sides of the onigiri in the vegan parmesan.
• Enjoy! (If you don't serve them immediately, I'd suggest storing them in the fridge)

PEANUT BUTTER ONIGIRI/RICE BALL

Steps:

• Place the rice in a thick patty shape on a sheet of cling film.
• Put the peanut butter in the middle, put a little around the edges too so it spreads well inside when shaped.
• Pick up the cling film and shape the rice into a triangle (or whatever shape), keeping the peanut butter inside.
• Peel off the cling film, enjoy!