Karashi Mentaiko Onigiri (Spicy Cod Roe Rice Ball)
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Recipe type: Side Dish, Snack
 
Ingredients
  • 1 cup cooked brown rice
  • ½ piece of karashi mentaiko (spicy cod roe)
  • 1-2 pieces of aji nori (seasoned seaweed)
Instructions
  1. Take a piece of plastic wrap, place 1 cup of cooked brown rice on the palm of your hand.  You don't really need to flatten the rice.  Just spread it out a bit. TIP: Any time that I work with rice, I always use plastic wrap.  It prevents the rice from sticking everywhere and making a mess.
  2. Take the ½ piece of karashi mentaiko and place it in the center of the rice.
  3. Fold over the rice to cover the mentaiko, making a ball.
  4. Now, the trick is to make a triangular rice ball by clasping your hands, right over left.  The right hand forms a "mountain" shape while the left hand squeezes gently closed.  Rotate the rice ball counter-clockwise and squeeze gently.  Repeat this motion about 2 - 3 times.
  5. Wrap with aji nori (seaweed).
Recipe by Bebe Love Okazu at https://bebeloveokazu.com/2010/04/27/karashi-mentaiko-onigiri-spicy-cod-roe-rice-ball/