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Folded Onigiri (Rice Ball)

Onigiri is a classic and beloved food among Japanese filled with savoury ingredients as you like.
Folded onigiri is made by placing rice and filling on nori and folding it into a triangle shape, instead of shaping it by hand.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 1

Ingredients
  

For 2 onigiri:

  • 200 g cooked rice
  • 1 sheet of nori seaweed
  • grilled salmon (filling of your choice)

Instructions
 

  • Lightly salt a salmon fillet, then grill it. Remove the skin and bones, then break it up with a fork.
  • Cut a sheet of nori seaweed in half lengthways. Place one cut nori lengthways.
  • Leave about 2 inches of space at the bottom, then place half of the rice (50g) slightly below the center of the nori.
  • Fold the bottom left corner upward, using the bottom right corner as a pivot point covering the rice. Then fold the bottom right corner to meet the top left corner. Lastly, fold the top right corner over, forming a triangle.
  • Finish by placing the filling on the tip of the onigiri.
Keyword onigiri, umami