Onigirazu

Name: Onigirazu
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 1 quantity of steamed white rice; 1 tbsp white sesame seeds; 1 quantity of Pork Soboro (see Soboro Gohan); 2 tbsp sunflower oil, for frying; 4 eggs; 75 g (2¾ oz) mangetout; 1 tsp toasted sesame oil; 75 g (2¼ oz) red pickled ginger (Japanese beni shoga); 75 g (2¼ oz) red pickled ginger (Japanese beni shoga); 4 nori seaweed sheets; fine sea salt, to taste

Rice Sandwiches

Preparation info

Makes
4 pieces

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Japanese Larder

By Luiz Hara

Published 2018

About

One of the latest food trends in Japan, Onigirazu was created by Tochi Ueyama in his popular Japanese manga comic Cooking Papa. Though similar to onigiri, Onigirazu rice sandwiches are not triangular-shaped, and their fillings are less traditionally Japanese.

Ingredients

1 quantity of steamed white rice
1 tbsp white sesame seeds
½ quantity of

Asia
Japan
Sandwich

Method

Cook the white rice. After the resting time, fluff the rice, add the white sesame seeds and mix thoroughly. Keep it warm. Make the Miso, Tobanjan Chilli and Garlic Sauce, if using.
Make the Pork Soboro. Take off the heat and let it cool down to room tem