japanese rice ball

Yaki onigiri (焼きおにぎり) or Japanese grilled rice balls are an easy and popular snack or lunch in Japan. They&#39;re grilled, pan-fried, or roasted until the outside crust has a crispy texture while the rice inside is soft and fluffy. Yaki onigiri can be flavored with various seasonings including soy sauce, miso butter, or teriyaki sauce!

Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls) 焼きおにぎり

rice

vegetable oil

soy sauce

Shape rice ball

Shape by hand: Wet your hands with water and take about ⅓ to ½ cup of warm rice in your hands. Using both hands, firmly press the rice into a triangular shape. Shape with mold: Fill the mold with the appropriate amount of rice and firmly press to create your shape.

Shape Rice Ball

Grill

Heat a pan over medium heat and add the oil. Grill each side of the rice ball until a crispy, golden-brown crust forms. Avoid flipping often to keep the shape intact.

Season

Lower to low heat and brush one side with soy sauce and flip to caramelize the sauce slightly. Check after 15 to 30 seconds as it can easily burn. Brush the other side with soy sauce and flip to caramelize that side. Serve and optionally sprinkle with furikake while still hot. Enjoy!

Season with sauce

Onigiri are a quick, easy, and healthy snack for busy days! Enjoy them plain, stuffed with fillings, or wrapped in nori.

Quick & Easy Onigiri (3 Ingredients)

filtered water

salt

sheets,

Black or white sesame seeds

garlic powder

white miso paste

sesame oil

carrot,

garlic,

Follow the instructions in my sushi rice post, but do not season the rice with the sushi vinegar mixture (you will be seasoning it with salt when shaping it). Keep the rice warm in a covered bowl.

Rice

If you want to fill your onigiri, combine the miso paste and garlic powder. For the carrot kinpira, heat the sesame oil in a small skillet over medium.

Once hot, saut&eacute; the carrots and minced garlic for 4-5 minutes until softened. Add the soy sauce and cook for another 1-2 minutes.

Fillings

Add filtered water to one bowl and salt to another. Wet both hands with the water, then dip a few fingers into the bowl of salt and rub your hands together (this will prevent the rice from sticking, and add flavor).

Grab a palmful of sticky rice, pressing it together slightly. Holding it in one palm of your hand, make a small indentation in the middle. Fill it with a teaspoon of garlic-miso paste or carrots.

Close the rice over the filling into a ball, pressing it gently. Close the fingers of your bottom hand, and at the same time, press over the rice ball with your top fingers in a perpendicular motion. Continue pressing and shaping the rice into a triangle, using mainly your fingers.

Once it&rsquo;s shaped, you can wrap it in a piece of nori. Place the onigiri in the middle of the cut nori. Fold one side over, followed by the other (like a robe).

Tuck the bottom underneath and set the onigiri down. Add a fingerful of filling to the top so you know which flavor it is.

Assembly (filled)

Add filtered water to one bowl and salt to another. Wet both hands with the water, then dip a few fingers into the bowl of salt and rub your hands together

Grab a palmful of sticky rice, and shape it into a triangle the same as before.

Once shaped, Add a strip of nori underneath it. Sprinkle or roll the outsides in sesame seeds. Continue with the remaining rice. Happy eating!

Assembly (non-filled)

Made these with pickled plum per your suggestion. I only wish I had made more!

These japanese rice balls are the absolute best!

I've never had onigiri but they look like a real exotic snack! I've added the rice, miso and nori to my shopping list for the weekend!

I had always wanted to make these at home! Thank you for your clear instructions and also delicious flavour options. I think the carrot one is my favourite, and I can't wait to try them all!

Thank you for all the great tips. My first attempt was delicious!!!

the flavors are so delicious together! will be making again!

Thanks for such a easy to make Onigiri recipe. We really
Enjoyed it plain and also the garlic miso flavour was a hit!

What fun! Love to try something new, and this is easy enough to try it. Thank you for the suggetion.

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