Onigiri: Short-Grain Rice Balls with Pickles

Easy to make, and fun to shape with the kids. I love this recipe because it's so simple — and since my family loves sushi rolls, these are a nice alternative, even though the flavor is different.

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:
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Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 10 % 5 g
Fats 2 % 1 g
Carbohydrates 88 % 42 g
196 kcal
GI: 2 / 98 / 0

Cooking method

  1. Step 1:

    Step 1

    Rinse the rice and put it in a heavy-bottomed pot. Add just enough water to sit slightly above the rice, cover, and set over high heat. Once it comes to a boil, remove the lid, turn the heat down, and cook for about 20 minutes without stirring. Turn off the heat, cover with a clean towel, and let it rest for 25 minutes. If any liquid remains, drain it off — don't rinse the rice.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2

    Place some of the sticky, warm rice in your palm, set a piece of filling in the center, and gently press the rice with both hands so it wraps around the filling.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3

    The traditional onigiri shape is a round or a triangle.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4

    To make it easy to hold, wrap the rice ball in a sheet of nori, or just a strip of it — a lettuce leaf works too. And that's it. Your onigiri are ready. Enjoy!

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Nori - 3  kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0  kcal/100g
  • Pickles - 11  kcal/100g
  • Round rice - 330  kcal/100g

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