Basic Onigiri Recipe

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Basic Onigiri
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Ingredients
8
Count
Nutrition
10
Calories
Total time
5
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Let rice cool to where you aren't burning your hands when you handle it.
  2. Wash hands!
  3. Rinse hands and leave wet, and rub palms with salt.
  4. Take a handful of rice and ball with hands, using palm of left hand to form the base, and the palm and fingers of your right hand to form the two sides of a triangle.
  5. Toss and rotate so that the side that was on your left palm is now rotated to one of the sides on your right hand.
  6. Repeat until you have a nice triangle shape.
  7. Repeat starting with rinsing hands and salting hands.
  8. Wet hands do not stick to rice, which makes shaping the rice much easier.
  9. The salt adds flavor and helps to sterilize any bacteria.
  10. Consistency is key with the shapes and size, this will come with practice!
  11. Now that you have a basic rice ball, you can flavor with any of the optional ingredients or a mix: Sushi Nori- Simply wrap a piece of sushi nori around the rice ball.
  12. This is a very basic rice ball, and is seen in many boxed lunches.
  13. Classic!
  14. Chinese 5 Spice- I will often add a dash of 5 spice to the salt I'm using to add aroma and taste.
  15. Don't over do it, 5 spice becomes bitter if used excessively!
  16. Toasted Sesame Seeds- Sprinkle on top for aroma and taste.
  17. Can also use prepackaged Japanese rice dressing, sold in glass bottles to be shaken over rice for flavor.
  18. Ume-boshi or cooked fish- In one of the two flat sides of the onigiri, press a divot into it with a finger, and fill with the desired stuffing.
  19. Leave open or cover with a strip of sushi nori- not the ume boshi though!
  20. You don't want to choke on the seed if you didn't know it was there!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 10 Kcal (42 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Potassium 55mg 1%
Total Carbs 1g 0%
Protein 1g 2%
Iron 1mg 6%
Calcium 40mg 4%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 204.08 Kcal (854 kJ)
Calories from fat 0 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 0g 0%
Potassium 1122.45mg 1%
Total Carbs 20.41g 0%
Protein 20.41g 2%
Iron 20.4mg 6%
Calcium 816.3mg 4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 0.2
    Points
  • 0
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • fat free,
  • saturated fat free,
  • sodium free,
  • cholesterol free,
  • sugar free

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