How To Make Onigiri

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  Step 1

  Gather your materials. Short grain rice is best for this because it's the stickiest, and you can use anything you want as a filling -- umeboshi, tuna and mayonnaise, salted salmon, pickles... whatever.

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  Step 2

  Cover up 1 1/2 cup rice with 2 cups water. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let it stand for 20 minutes. Take it off the heat and let it cool down for about 5-10 minutes under the pot cover.

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  Step 3

  Take a small cup and put saran wrap in it, draping a good bit over the sides. You can shape it with your bare hands, but this method doesn't burn...
  Wet your hands with water and a bit of salt. If you want, splash in a bit of rice vinegar and salt into the saran wrap-- either for taste, or just if you want the rice to stick together better.

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  Step 4

  Put in a blob or rice, make an indentation in the middle of it, and place a bit of your filling there. Cover with more rice.

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  Step 5

  Twist the saran wrap into a little bag and press the rice together.

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  Step 6

  Shape the ball of rice into a triangle (or a sphere, or just a ball). I (badly) drew in my other hand to show how to squish it into a triangle, since it was busy holding the camera. :P

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  Step 7

  After you're done making the rice balls, set them aside and cut the seaweed paper into strips, if you have it. It's not necessary, but it makes picking up the onigiri easier.

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  Step 8

  Wrap the seaweed paper around the onigiri any way you want, or cut it up into shapes-- and voila! You have yourself some tasty onigiri.

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  Step 9

  These are my boyfriend's first ever onigiri (before he put them on a plate). :D

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DarkAshHurts · 119 projects 18th May 2013

You can make sweet ones too, by filling them with jam/preserves or dried fruit.
I've always wanted to make them. Will have to try.

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suitor · Linter, Flanders, BE 19th August 2011

Yummmm~ i've been itching to find a tutorial and here we are! <3 i think i'll subsitute the filling with curry, can't get enough o' curry.

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quirky been v. · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 8 projects 13th January 2011

my brother and me have been wanting to make these forever!!! he says they are good with somekind of seasoning sprinkled on them... like furikake seasoning or something..

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Tessel D. · The Hague, South Holland, NL · 1 project 9th January 2011

Ooh they look so good! I'm going to see if they have the filling at the asian supermarket

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kookiegurl97 · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 5 projects 26th June 2010

I keep seeing onigiri,they look yummy.But when I see that it's rice in a triangle form,then it doesn't look that gud.

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Sleepless Kitsune · 1 project 12th June 2010

This looks so good about now lol XD! I love onigiri <3!

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Sailorshame · 11 projects 24th April 2010

they look cool but jeje -_- i don't like rice

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RoseBerry · 2 projects 16th April 2010

looks yummy!.. im gona try it one of these days

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Hypergraphia · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 41 projects 5th March 2010

Ahhhh, made these tonight and they are awesome! I filled mine with tuna and mayo, since I didn't have a chance to run to the asian market for some pickled plums. Tanks for the awesome tut :3

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Lovette'sz-xoxo · 15 projects 16th September 2009

i have never tried these before
what do they taste like


< yes i live under a rock...dont laugh : >

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