Easy Rectangular Onigiri

Name: Easy Rectangular Onigiri
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 Milk carton; 1 Scissors; 25 cm x 15-20 cm pieces, 1 per onigiri Plastic wrap; 350 grams Hot cooked rice; 1 Salt; 1 Nori seaweed; 1 Anything you like; 1 E.g. Salmon furikake; 1 Nori seaweed, sliced cheese, etc.

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to make square onigiri easier to eat, so I halved them.

These are fairly small onigiri, so you can eat a lot! You can enjoy different fillings with these, too. Recipe by MAYOMAYO

I wanted to make square onigiri easier to eat, so I halved them.

These are fairly small onigiri, so you can eat a lot! You can enjoy different fillings with these, too. Recipe by MAYOMAYO

cookpad.japan @cookpad_jp

I wanted to make square onigiri easier to eat, so I halved them.

These are fairly small onigiri, so you can eat a lot! You can enjoy different fillings with these, too. Recipe by MAYOMAYO

I wanted to make square onigiri easier to eat, so I halved them.

These are fairly small onigiri, so you can eat a lot! You can enjoy different fillings with these, too. Recipe by MAYOMAYO

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Ingredients

DIY mold
1Milk carton
1Scissors
25cm x 15-20 cm pieces, 1 per onigiri Plastic wrap
The following ingredient amounts below vary depending on how many onigiri you're making.
350 gramsHot cooked rice
1Salt
1Nori seaweed
Filling for onigiri:
1Anything you like
1E.g. Salmon furikake
If you're going to decorate the onigiri
1Nori seaweed, sliced cheese, etc.

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Steps

1

Cut the milk carton about 3 cm from the bottom. Open up the carton and cut 3 cm from the bottom of the remainder.
2

Cut the carton into pieces as shown here.
3

Fold the carton like so, with one fold going one way and the other fold going the other way.
4

Fit the piece into the cut off bottom of the carton.
5

Cover each section with plastic wrap.
6

Mix furikake or other ingredients into the rice, and put a mound of rice into each compartment.
7

Wrap the rice with plastic wrap.
8

Press down gently or firmly.
9

Done!
10

Optionally wrap the onigiri with nori seaweed or stick it on, or add sliced cheese and so on.
11

These are Christmas-inspired.
12

is for square onigiri.
13

is for small square onigiri.