Furikake Onigiri

Name: Furikake Onigiri
Yield: Makes 8
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Cooked Japanese short grain rice 480 g (17 oz); Japanese rice seasoning (furikake) 8 Tbsp

Preparation info

Makes
8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Onigiri

By Sanae Inada

Published 2018

About

Japanese rice seasoning powder (furikake) is available at most supermarkets. There are many kinds of furikake, so choose your favourite and incorporate it into your onigiri. This is a colourful, nutritious and quick snack to prepare!

Ingredients

Cooked Japanese short grain rice 480 g (17 oz)
Japanese rice seasoning (furikake)

Asia
Japan
Fish course
Snack
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Breakfast
Summer

Method

Place cling wrap in a rice bowl and scoop one-eighth of the rice into the bowl. Pull out rice together with cling wrap and mould rice into your preferred shape.
Pour furikake powder onto a flat dish. Remove cling wrap and roll rice balls over furikake powder to coat evenly. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.