For Onigiri Only! Seasoned Rice with Salt

Name: For Onigiri Only! Seasoned Rice with Salt
Yield: Per 1 rice cooker cup of rice
Ingredients: 1 rice cooker cup (about 3/4 US cup or 150 grams) uncooked short-grain rice; 1 heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 piece kombu (about 1 x 4 inches / 3 x 10 cm); 2 teaspoons mirin

naoyo @cook_40022468

No need to add salt when shaping the rice balls—so easy! The kombu and mirin add extra umami and a touch of sweetness. Great for making a large batch, too. Tastes just like the rice in convenience store onigiri!
Recipe background: I always felt that convenience store onigiri rice had its own flavor, so I experimented to recreate it at home.

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Ingredients

Per 1 rice cooker cup of rice

1rice cooker cup (about 3/4 US cup or 150 grams) uncooked short-grain rice
1heaping 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 piecekombu (about 1 x 4 inches / 3 x 10 cm)
2 teaspoonsmirin

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Steps

1

Rinse the rice and place it in a rice cooker. Add water as you normally would for cooking rice.
2

Add the salt and mirin, stir gently, then place the kombu on top. Cook the rice as usual.
3

Once cooked, shape the rice into onigiri as you like.
What filling will you use...?
4

☆ Tuna Mayo Filling ☆
1 can (about 2.8 oz / 80 g) tuna
1 1/2 tablespoons mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon sugar
Mix everything together well! Kids love tuna mayo onigiri.