Cheese Okaka Yaki Onigiri

Name: Cheese Okaka Yaki Onigiri
Yield: Makes 4
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Cooked Japanese short grain rice 480 g (17 oz); Bonito flakes 10 g (⅓ oz); Grated Mozzarella 120 g (4½ oz); Japanese soy sauce (shoyu) 2 Tbsp + more for brushing on onigiri; Japanese soy sauce (shoyu) 2 Tbsp + more for brushing on onigiri

Preparation info

Makes
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Onigiri

By Sanae Inada

Published 2018

About

Cheese, bonito flakes and soy sauce make a delicious combination. I like grilling this onigiri to enjoy the crunch of the grilled rice and melting cheese but it can also be served without grilling.

Ingredients

Cooked Japanese short grain rice 480 g (17 oz)
Bonito flakes 10

Asia
Japan
Snack
Fish course
Pescatarian
Breakfast
Summer

Method

Put rice and bonito flakes in a bowl and mix well. Add Mozzarella and soy sauce and continue to mix well.
Place cling wrap in a rice bowl and scoop one-quarter of the rice mixture into the bowl. Pull out rice together with cling wrap and gently mould rice into your preferred shape. Remove cling wrap. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Leave rice balls on