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

Hey everyone, it’s Brad, welcome to our recipe site. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, japanese yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls). One of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

A favorite at Izakaya restaurants, Yaki Onigiri are Japanese grilled rice balls covered in savory soy sauce. With a crispy crust on the outside and soft Onigiri (recipe here) is made of white rice formed into triangular or oval shapes. Inside these rice balls, you can find fillings such as Japanese pickled.

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

To begin with this recipe, we have to 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. Prepare 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
  3. Prepare 2 teaspoons Sugar(Brown sugar)
  4. Prepare To taste Salt
  5. Get 1 handful Bonito flakes(Katsuobushi) *Optional
  6. Take 2 leaves Bamboo leaves(Sasano-ha) *For decoration
  7. Get 1 paper Baking paper(Parchment paper)
  8. Get Some Plastic wrap(Cling wrap)

Yaki Onigiri just has an additional step after making a simple salted rice ball. Brush a bit of oil onto a skillet and allow the outside to brown until nice and If you make any of these Onigiri / Japanese Rice Ball recipes let me know how you liked it by leaving a comment and rating below or by tagging me on. If you have made Onigiri (rice ball) before, add one more step and try Yaki Onigiri, crunchy grilled rice ball. The recipe can be as simple as placing the rice ball on the grill and brush with soy sauce when browned.

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!

Here, I even made it more simple by browning Onigiri using frying pan. Japanese rice balls, also known as onigiri or omusubi, are a staple of Japanese lunch boxes (bento). They are usually shaped into rounds or triangles by hand, and they're fun to Recently, they have enjoyed a surge of popularity among food trucks where they are made fresh and grilled lightly to order. Onigiri (おにぎり, Japanese rice ball) is like a sandwich in Western culture. Why don't you take rice balls wrapped in yaki nori (roasted seaweed sheet) with grilled salted salmon for lunch?

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