Wasabi and Shiso Rice Balls (Onigiri)

Name: Wasabi and Shiso Rice Balls (Onigiri)
Ingredients: 1 heaping teaspoon wasabi; 4 shiso leaves; 2 medium bowls cooked rice (about 2 cups, 320 grams); 2 teaspoons soy sauce; 6 sheets roasted or seasoned nori (seaweed)

ゆず柚子 @cook_40034827

These rice balls have a grown-up flavor and are perfect after a night out.
April 11, 2009: 10 people have tried this recipe.
February 20, 2014: Thank you to the 100 people who have made this recipe!
Recipe background:
I created this when I wanted to enjoy rice balls with a soy sauce flavor.

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Ingredients

1heaping teaspoon wasabi
4shiso leaves
2medium bowls cooked rice (about 2 cups, 320 grams)
2 teaspoonssoy sauce
6 sheetsroasted or seasoned nori (seaweed)

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Steps

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Dissolve the wasabi (tube wasabi is fine) in the soy sauce, and add it to a bowl with hot cooked rice.
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Mix the wasabi soy sauce into the rice.
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Finely chop the shiso leaves and add them to the rice mixture.
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Mix everything together, wet your hands with water (or lightly salted water), and shape the rice into balls.
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Wrap each rice ball with a sheet of nori.
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On April 11, 2009, this recipe became a featured recipe. Thank you!
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On April 11, 2013, it was featured in the Spotlight section of Yahoo! JAPAN's desktop homepage.
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On February 20, 2014, thank you to the 100 people who have made this recipe!
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On April 7, 2014, it was featured for the second time in Yahoo! JAPAN's Spotlight section, but I missed seeing it.
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On April 16, 2014, Madeleine7 made a seasonal version with kinome (Japanese pepper leaves).
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In March 2017, this recipe was published in Cookpad's 'Carefully Selected! Delicious Rice and Donburi Recipes' book.