🇯🇵 Japanese

Lotus Root Onigiri

Name: Lotus Root Onigiri
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: to taste Salt; 1, finely chopped Garlic; 300 g Rice; 1 tsp White Pepper; 600 ml Stock or Broth; 2 tbsp Neutral Oil; 300 g Lotus Root; 6 sheets Nori Seaweed; 400 g Sushi Rice

🇯🇵 Japanese

Fluffy grains steamed with lotus root and aromatics so every spoonful is savoury and separate — a one-pot japanese classic. Ready in 30 minutes including prep.

Prep 10 min Cook 20 min Serves 4 Medium

Ingredients

Saltto taste
Garlic1, finely chopped
Rice300 g
White Pepper1 tsp
Stock or Broth600 ml
Neutral Oil2 tbsp
Lotus Root300 g
Nori Seaweed6 sheets
Sushi Rice400 g

Optional extras

Shiso Leaveshandful, to finish

Instructions

1
Rinse the rice until the water runs clear, then drain well.
2
Heat the Neutral Oil in a wide pot, soften the garlic, and bloom the white pepper for 30 seconds.
3
Stir in the lotus root, then add the rice and turn everything gently through the fragrant oil.
4
Pour in the stock, bring to a boil, then clamp on a lid and cook on the lowest heat for 15 minutes without peeking.
5
Rest off the heat for 5 minutes, then fluff with a fork and crown with shiso leaves.

Chef's tip

Never lift the lid while the rice steams — trapped steam is doing the work.

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Watch how it's made

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