Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls)
Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls)

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a distinctive dish, japanese yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I am going to make it a bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls) is one of the most favored of current trending foods on earth. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look wonderful. Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls) is something which I have loved my entire life.

Yaki onigiri, or grilled rice balls, are shaped balls of rice, with or without filling, that are grilled until the rice is crispy on the outside and soft on the inside. With this easy recipe you will be able to prepare perfect yaki onigiri for bento lunches, appetisers, or snacks. A favorite at Izakaya restaurants, Yaki Onigiri are Japanese grilled rice balls covered in savory soy sauce.

To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook japanese yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls):
  1. Get 1 cup Japanese white rice(150g)
  2. Make ready 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
  3. Take 2 teaspoons Sugar(Brown sugar)
  4. Get To taste Salt
  5. Take 1 handful Bonito flakes(Katsuobushi) *Optional
  6. Get 2 leaves Bamboo leaves(Sasano-ha) *For decoration
  7. Make ready 1 paper Baking paper(Parchment paper)
  8. Prepare Some Plastic wrap(Cling wrap)

I don't know why, but Onigiri just tastes so much better than plain rice in a bowl, even though it's just that very same rice rolled into a triangle shape. Check out my updated post on "Onigiri Rice Balls" for more ideas of how to make and shape. When we lived in Japan, I grew obsessively fond of yaki onigiri. Essentially, it is steamed rice that has been shaped into a ball (really more of a triangle), then brushed with a soy sauce and dashi mixture before being grilled over low heat.

Steps to make Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls):
  1. Cook rice in a rice cooker.
  2. Combine soy sauce and sugar in a bowl and stir until sugar is dissolved.
  3. Add cooked rice in the bowl and mix well.
  4. Add bonito flakes and salt. Fold up the rice using a spatula.
  5. Divide the rice into 4 equal portions. Then, mould the Onigiri within the plastic wrap(cling wrap).
  6. Lay the baking paper in a frying pan and arrange the rice balls. Cook both sides with medium heat until you smell good aroma of soy sauce. (*If you are using gas stove, please be very careful not to burn it. You can also choose not to use the baking paper but to use oil when grilling. Salad oil or sesame oil are recommended.)
  7. Place some bamboo leaves on a plate or a basket and arrange Yaki Onigiri! Enjoy!

I like my onigiri pretty small and flat so they cook faster and have more crispy surface area. Once all of the onigiri are shaped, they are ready to be slathered with tare and butter. I brushed each side with tare first then butter. Yaki Onigiri (焼きおにぎり) is grilled rice ball. Yaki means "grilled" in Japanese (such as Teri yaki , Yaki soba, Yaki niku, Yaki tori, etc), and onigiri means "rice ball." If you have tried Japanese rice balls in the past, but not yaki onigiri, today is the day for you to discover this true Japanese comfort food!

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