Onigiri

Onigiri

Stuffed with a fried salmon, sesame chicken or potato mayo, these delicious japanese rice balls make an ideal quick snack for lunch.

Clock Image 1 hours 25 minutes
Difficulty: Medium

Ingredients

5

 

360 g Japanese rice, rinsed and washed
420 ml water
furikake (Japanese rice seasoning, optional)
2 nori sheets, cut into three strips each
salt

Potato Mayo Variant

1 potato
2 tbsp mayonnaise
0.5 tsp vinegar
1 tsp sugar
salt

Sesame Chicken Variant

300 g chicken breast, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tsp sugar
1 tbsp mayonnaise
0.5 tsp sesame oil

Fried Salmon Variant

200 g salmon fillet
salt

Steps

1) Cook rice by placing rice and water in a heat-proof bowl and cooking on Steam-Med mode for 20 minutes. Cool slightly and mix with furikake (if using) to taste.

2) To assemble onigiri, rub some salt onto both hands and spread some rice onto one palm. Place 1-2 teaspoons of selected filling (use any of the variants in this recipe) in the centre of the rice and top with more rice. Press into a triangular shape and wrap a piece of nori around the rice.

Fried Salmon

Rub salmon with a generous amount of salt. Place on baking tray lined with aluminum foil and cook on Healthy Fry mode for 20 minutes or until cooked. Cool, then flake the salmon.

Sesame Chicken

Combine all the ingredients. Spread chicken out on baking tray lined with aluminum foil and bake on Convection (with preheat) mode at 190oC for 15 – 20 minutes until cooked. Cool, then cut into small pieces

Potato Mayo

Steam potato on Steam-Med mode for 25 minutes or until cooked. Peel off potato skin, cut into small cubes and toss with mayonnaise, vinegar, sugar and salt to taste.

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