🇯🇵 Japanese Vegetarian

Onigiri

Name: Onigiri
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 35 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 tsp for hands Salt; 3 cups cooked Japanese short-grain Rice; 4 sheets, strips Nori Seaweed

🇯🇵 Japanese

Salted Japanese rice balls wrapped in nori — portable, comforting, and endlessly fillable.

Prep 15 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Easy

Ingredients

Salt1 tsp for hands
Rice3 cups cooked Japanese short-grain
Nori Seaweed4 sheets, strips

Optional extras

Soy Sauce1 tsp optional
Sesame Seeds1 tbsp

Instructions

1
Cook short-grain rice; fluff and cool until just warm and sticky.
2
Wet hands with salted water; scoop rice and gently form triangles or balls.
3
Optional: tuck a little salted salmon flake or pickled plum-style filling in the center.
4
Wrap a strip of nori around the base.
5
Pack for lunch or eat warm.

Chef's tip

Wet, salted hands stop sticking — dry hands tear the rice apart.

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Watch how it's made

Video: 5 mins each — 6 Easy Onigiri recipes for beginners! Japanese Rice ball · on YouTube