How To Make Japanese Rice Balls (Onigiri Recipe)

In this video, I’m going to show you how to make delicious Japanese rice balls, or Onigiri (おにぎり). We’ll start with the rice, prepare the fillings for 3 different onigiri (Umeboshi, Tuna Mayo, and pickled mustard green), and make triangle onigiri without any molds or special equipment. If you don’t have a rice cooker, you can make it on the stovetop by using : 1 1/2 cups Japanese short-grain rice (2 rice cooker cups) 1 2/3 cup cold water Follow the instructions in this video (but use the proportion of rice and water above): SUBSCRIBE TO MY SECRET RECIPE STASH ▶ Your membership supports my channel, and you get exclusive recipes weekly. INDEX: 0:00 Intro 1:24 Rice for Onigiri 2:17 Ingredients for Onigiri 3:31 How to Cook Japanese Rice 4:51 Prep for Umeboshi Onigiri 5:35 Prep for Tuna Mayo Onigiri 6:22 Prep for Maze Gohan Onigiri 8:01 Maze Gohan Rice Balls 9:32 Umeboshi Rice Balls 10:38 Tuna Mayo Rice Balls 11:27 Finished Dish MAZE GOHAN INGREDIENTS: 20 grams mustard green shiozuke ▶ 1 teaspoon toasted sesame seeds 115 grams cooked Japanese rice UMEBOSHI ONIGIRI INGREDIENTS: 2 umeboshi  1 sheet unseasoned nori FULL POST & RECIPE ▶ TUNA MAYO ONIGIRI INGREDIENTS: 1 small can chunk tuna in oil (85 grams) 3 tablespoons Japanese mayonnaise 1 teaspoon soy sauce 2 Korean Perilla leaves (Shiso or nori will work) FULL POST & RECIPE ▶ ✚ FOLLOW NO RECIPES ✚ Instagram:  Pinterest: Facebook:  Twitter: ✚ MUSIC ✚  ?fpr=norecipes ✚ SHOPPING ✚ JAPANESE TABLEWARE (5% off with “NORECIPES“) INGREDIENTS (10% off first order with “NORECIPES”) KITCHEN TOOLS (10% off with “NORECIPES“) ✚ GEAR ✚  You can find most of the kitchen and camera gear I used to make this video in my Amazon shop. Buying things from my shop (even stuff you search for that’s not listed on the page) doesn’t cost you anything extra and it helps to support this channel.