Easy Square Onigiri Rice Balls

Name: Easy Square Onigiri Rice Balls
Yield: 1 serving
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 use about 1 heaping teaspoon of filling per onigiri, as needed; 1 Umeboshi plums, flaked salted salmon, konbu tsukudani etc., to taste; 360 ml worth raw white rice, cooked; 1 dash Salt; 1 full sheets (or as needed) Nori seaweed; 1 Milk carton; 1 Scissors; 20 to 25 cm square pieces, 1 piece per onigiri Plastic wrap

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Onigiri don't have to be triangular! You can make them round or cylindrical!
And you can make them square too!

Change the depth of the cut off milk carton to make thin onigiri or thick onigiri.
Since you don't form the rice with your hands, you can form the onigiri when you are in a hurry even if the rice is hot. Recipe by MAYOMAYO.

Onigiri don't have to be triangular! You can make them round or cylindrical!
And you can make them square too!

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

Onigiri don't have to be triangular! You can make them round or cylindrical!
And you can make them square too!

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Ingredients

1 serving

Fillings
1use about 1 heaping teaspoon of filling per onigiri, as needed
1Umeboshi plums, flaked salted salmon, konbu tsukudani etc., to taste
The ingredient amounts below vary depending on how many onigiri you're making.
360 mlworth raw white rice, cooked
1 dashSalt
1full sheets (or as needed) Nori seaweed
Square mold
1Milk carton
1Scissors
20to 25 cm square pieces, 1 piece per onigiri Plastic wrap

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Steps

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Cut the milk carton about 3 cm from the bottom.
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Cover with plastic wrap.
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Mound in the rice. (Optionally add salt to the rice beforehand. If you are adding a lot of filling you don't need the salt.)
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Make a dent in the middle.
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Add the filling.
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Cover with plastic wrap.
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Pack down gently. If you want firm onigiri, press down firmly.
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Done!
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Optionally wrap with nori seaweed (The filling here is umeboshi).
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If you want to wrap the whole onigiri with nori seaweed, use 1/4 a sheet and place on top of the onigiri.
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Wrap.
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(The filling here is flaked salted salmon.) Since you can see the filling, I think just wrapping the onigiri on one side with nori is fine...
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(The filling here is konbu tsukudani.)
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See for a rectangular onigiri: https://cookpad.wasmer.app/en/recipes/144899-easy-rectangular-onigiri
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You can make small squares too.