vegan onigiri

With our easy recipe, you can enjoy homemade vegan "tuna" onigiri, delicious Japanese rice triangles with a plant-based filling of chickpeas and nori.

Vegan "Tuna" Onigiri

Sushi Rice

Water

Salt

Chickpeas

0.5 tbsp of Gluten-Free Soy Sauce

Rice Vinegar

Garlic Powder

0.5 Avocado

g of Sesame Seeds

Nori Sheets

Rinse the rice and add it to a pot along with water and salt. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes. Then, remove from the heat and allow the rice to steam covered for 15 minutes. Transfer the rice onto a tray and fluff it with a spoon to speed up the cooling time.

Meanwhile, blitz the chickpeas into a paste. Then, mix them with soy sauce, rice vinegar, garlic powder, salt, and one nori sheet torn into flakes.

Get a handful of rice and place the filling and avocado chunks in the center. Wrap the rice around the filling to form a rice ball and then shape it into a triangle.

Wrap the base of the onigiri with a nori sheet cut into rectangles. Then, coat the sides of the onigiri with sesame seeds.

You need this recipe for Spicy Tofu Onigiri in your life! Perfectly cooked rice with a tasty tofu filling that is spicy from the gochujang or chili paste, sweet from a hint of maple syrup, ginger-y, and full of garlic. What more could you want! Stick these in your lunch box or for a nice snack. Either way, you're going to want to try this! 

Spicy Tofu Onigiri

Salt (for forming the onigiri)

Nori

TBSP Vegetable Oil

Block of Extra Firm Tofu

Salt & Pepper

TBSP Fresh Ginger

Cloves

TBSP Soy Sauce

TBSP Water

TBSP Gochujang

TBSP Maple Syrup

TSP Apple Cider Vinegar (or Rice Vinegar)

Scallions

Rinse the sushi rice until the water runs clear and then cook according to package directions. I used 2 cups of sushi rice to 2 1/2 cups of water in a rice cooker. When rice is done, set aside and let cool. 

Heat vegetable oil in a pan on medium-high heat. Squeeze out as much water as possible from the tofu and then crumble in to pan. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and mix well. Cook the tofu for about 15 minutes or until tofu starts to brown and get slightly crispy on the edges of the crumbles. 

Mince the ginger and the garlic cloves. Add to the browned tofu and cook for another 2 minutes. 

In a small bowl, mix together the soy sauce, water, gochujang or chili paste, maple syrup, and vinegar. Whisk well and then add to the cooked tofu. Let cook for a few more minutes until the sauce has absorbed and thickened. Turn off heat and set aside to cool. Once slightly cooled, add 1/4 cup scallions.  

The rice should still be warm to the touch but not too hot to handle. Along with the tofu and rice, have a small bowl of water and a small bowl of salt nearby. 

Wet both hands and rub together with 2 pinches of salt. Now, grab 1/3 cup of sushi rice and indent the center of the rice with your fingers. Add about 2 teaspoons of the filling in to the center and form the rice around the filling. Add a small amount of rice to the top to cover the filling. Then, form the onigiri in to a triangle or a ball carefully. Add a small piece of nori to the bottom (see photo). This takes some work to get in to perfect triangles but they look so cute so I think it's worth the extra effort! Continue by wetting both hands, rubbing with salt, and continuing until all the rice and tofu has been used. 

Eat immediately or wrap individually in plastic wrap and store in the fridge. Enjoy!

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