Rice Ball (Onigiri) Recipe

⏱️ 11 min 👥 4 servings 📊 Easy
Japanese appetizer
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Steamed rice shaped into triangles or round balls stuffed with various fillings

📝 Ingredients

  • 2 cups Steamed rice
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup Katsuobushi (dried bonito flakes)
  • 1/2 tsp soy sauce
  • 4 sheets Nori (roasted seaweed) (small)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

  1. 1Put some rice in a rice bowl.
  2. 2Wet hands with water and add salt. Place rice in one hand, press and form into a triangle shape.
  3. 3Make a well in the middle of the rice ball and put in Katsuobushi mixture. Close the well.
  4. 4Reshape and wrap with a sheet of roasted seaweed.

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