Onigiri, Easy Japanese Rice Balls

Name: Onigiri, Easy Japanese Rice Balls
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 part Japanese short grain rice; 1.2 parts water; a rub salt, for your hands; 1 sheet per ball nori

25 min total 2 servings easy

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Prep 10 min · Cook 15 min

These easy onigiri rice balls are a lovely snack or dinner, whenever you like to eat them. Good rice, wet salted hands, a sheet of nori, that's the whole game.

Ingredients

1 part Japanese short grain rice
1.2 parts water
1 sheet per ball nori
a rub salt, for your hands

Method

1
Cook the Japanese short grain rice for about 12 to 15 minutes, using a ratio of 1 part rice to 1.2 parts water.
2
Once the rice is done, flip it over a bit and transfer it to a bowl.
3
Slightly wet your hands and rub some salt between them.
4
Grab a handful of rice and cup it into a triangular shape.
5
Add a sheet of nori, and there you have it: onigiri.

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