Hello everybody, it’s Brad, welcome to my recipe site. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, japanese yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls). One of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look 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 sticky rice on the inside, these rice balls are simply irresistible and easy to make at home! Today I'm going to share Yaki Onigiri (焼きおにぎり) recipe.
Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls) is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions daily. It is simple, it is quick, it tastes yummy. They are fine and they look wonderful. Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls) is something that I have loved my whole life.
To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can have japanese yaki onigiri (grilled rice balls) using 8 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls):
- Get 1 cup Japanese white rice(150g)
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Soy sauce
- Get 2 teaspoons Sugar(Brown sugar)
- Get To taste Salt
- Prepare 1 handful Bonito flakes(Katsuobushi) *Optional
- Take 2 leaves Bamboo leaves(Sasano-ha) *For decoration
- Prepare 1 paper Baking paper(Parchment paper)
- Prepare Some Plastic wrap(Cling wrap)
As any Japanese kid, or former kid, can tell you, onigiri are rice balls, the versatile national snack found in homes, convenience stores, and every school lunchbox. Sushi rice, pickles and miso paste give a completely magical result: Japanese grilled rice balls, yaki onigiri. There's no two ways about it: this is cooked sushi. 'Onigiri' means 'rice ball' but it's an understatement of the universe. If you have made Onigiri (rice ball) before, add one more step and try Yaki Onigiri, crunchy grilled rice ball.
Steps to make Japanese Yaki Onigiri (Grilled Rice Balls):
- Cook rice in a rice cooker.
- Combine soy sauce and sugar in a bowl and stir until sugar is dissolved.
- Add cooked rice in the bowl and mix well.
- Add bonito flakes and salt. Fold up the rice using a spatula.
- Divide the rice into 4 equal portions. Then, mould the Onigiri within the plastic wrap(cling wrap).
- 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.)
- Place some bamboo leaves on a plate or a basket and arrange Yaki Onigiri! Enjoy!
The recipe can be as simple as placing the rice ball on the grill and brush with soy sauce when browned. Here, I even made it more simple by browning Onigiri using frying pan. To make yaki onigiri, broil (or grill) the rice balls, turning once, until both sides are evenly browned. The rice balls are brushed with a teriyaki marinade and then grilled until the outsides are crispy. It's a delicious and fun way to eat rice.
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