Onigiri - Japanese Rice Balls

Name: Onigiri - Japanese Rice Balls
Prep time: 1 h 10 min
Cook time: 1 h 10 min
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Japanese, Asian
Ingredients: 59 milliliters bonito shavings (dry fish flakes); 2 sheets nori (dry seaweed), cut into 1/2-inch strips; 0 teaspoons salt; 2 Tbsps sesame seeds; 946 milliliters uncooked short-grain white rice; 237 milliliters water

Onigiri - Japanese Rice Balls requires about 1 hour and 10 minutes from start to finish. This recipe covers 13% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. This recipe makes 8 servings with 394 calories, 12g of protein, and 2g of fat each. Head to the store and pick up bonito shavings, sesame seeds, salt, and a few other things to make it today. It works well as a side dish. It is a good option if you're following a gluten free, dairy free, fodmap friendly, and pescatarian diet.

Instructions

Wash the rice in a mesh strainer until the water runs clear.

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Water

Rice

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Sieve

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.

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Water

Rice

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Sauce Pan

Let rice rest, for 15 minutes to allow the rice to continue to steam and become tender. Allow cooked rice to cool.

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Rice

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.

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Rice

Water

Salt

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Bowl

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.

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Bonito Flakes