Yaki Onigiri

Name: Yaki Onigiri
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 710 milliliters cooked short-grain white rice, or 2 cups white rice and 1 cup brown rice; 59 milliliters soy sauce for glazing

Yaki Onigiri might be just the side dish you are searching for. This gluten free, fodmap friendly, and vegan recipe serves 4. One serving contains 546 calories, 11g of protein, and 1g of fat. Only From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 20 minutes.

Instructions

Wet your hands and scoop balls of rice, approximately 2/3 cups of rice per ball, between your cupped palms. Squeeze and compress the rice balls to form it into a triangular shape.

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Rice

Brush the onigiri with the soy sauce and set aside until you are ready to grill. Onigiri made be made in advance and kept covered at room temperature for a few hours.

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Soy Sauce

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Grill

Grill yaki onigiri over low heat on the edges of a grilll, taking care not to burn the rice.

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Rice

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Grill

Place the balls carefully on the grate and let the bottom sides harden and brown, about 10 minutes, before flipping them. Flip carefully with a pair of tongs so as not to break the compacted onigiri. Brown for another 10 minutes or so on the other side.

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Tongs