This can be prevented by eating the onigiri as soon as it is made or by serving the nori sheets separately so that the eater ...

Onigiri, or Japanese rice balls ... If you love the crispy snap of fresh seaweed, Chen recommends waiting to wrap the nori until just before eating or serving, and always keeping the nori in ...

8. Covering the rice with the wrap, press lightly into a triangle, rotating four or five times. 9. Place onigiri in the center of a piece of nori seaweed, folding both ends toward the center.

1. Prepare the onigiri fillings. Tuna-mayo: Mix the tuna with mayonnaise and black pepper. Ume: Remove the seed from umeboshi. 2. Spread the cooked rice on plastic wrap. Make an indentation in the ...

The word “onigiri” became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon. The rice balls ...