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Recipe: Onigiri by Asian Food Channel

Portable, easy to eat and extremely delicious, there is no doubt that onigiri is the perfect to-go snack with different fillings of salmon, tuna and Japanese pickles!

Ingredients

Serves 3 people

  • 700 g Japanese rice
  • 120 g salmon
    Sliced (Substitute with leftover cooked salmon)
  • 120 g tuna
    Diced (Substitute with canned tuna)
  • 80 g umeboshi
    Seeds removed
  • 1 to 2 sheets nori
    Japanese seaweed
  • 6 g ginger
    Crushed
  • 30 ml Japanese mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp white sesame seeds
    Toasted
  • 50 ml mizkhan vinegar
    Rice vinegar
  • 35 ml mirin
  • 35 ml light soy sauce
  • 75 g white sugar
  • 5 g salt
  • 600 ml water
  • 2 Tbsp vegetable oil
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Step 5 – Assemble onigiri

  • With wet hands, take a ball of rice and gently flatten until palm size. Place 1 tsp salmon filling in the middle of the rice and fold the rice over the filling. Pack the rice together and mould into a triangle shape.
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