Fried Onigiri (Rice Balls)
Ingredients
Cooked rice (slightly sticky)
Ground pork
Sake
Mirin
Soy sauce (shoyu)
Beaten egg
Panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
Oil for frying or deep frying
Preparation
1
Cook the rice (on stove or in rice cooker).
2
Sauté the ground pork until almost cooked through.
3
Add sake, mirin and shoyu to the ground pork.
4
Simmer until liquid is cooked away and absorbed by the meat.
5
Thoroughly drain any remaining oil/fat from the meat.
6
Mix meat and rice and form into “rice balls.” Alternatively, you can use an onigiri maker like the one pictured.
7
Freeze the onigiri so they do not deteriorate or crumble in the next steps.
8
After onigiri is completely frozen, dip each side of each one in the beaten egg(s).
9
Roll in panko until covered on all sides.
10
At this point, they can be pan fried or deep fried.
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About
Rice balls in Japan are called onigiri, and they contain cooked rice and usually some flavoring, meat or vegetables. After a trip to an Italian restaurant that served something similar, I got the idea of making fried Japanese rice balls.
Other Names:
Rice balls
Yield:
4-6
Added:
Sunday, April 23, 2017 - 3:57pm
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