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Brown Rice Beef Onigiri
Onigiri or Japanese rice ball is an easy and common rice recipe in Japan. Try using brown rice to shape your onigiri to make it more nutritious. Let’s cook the brown rice first before making onigiri.
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Total Time
30
minutes
mins
Servings
6
pieces
Ingredients
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300
g
Brown rice
(cooked)
2
tbsp
Sushi vinegar
(replaceable with rice vinegar)
150
g
Beef meat
(thinly sliced)
2
pieces
Green onion
(sliced)
30
g
Ginger
(thinly sliced)
100
ml
Water
3
tbsp
Soy sauce
2
tbsp
Sugar
1
tbsp
Sake
1
tbsp
Mirin
Instructions
Steps (for beef and green onion filling):
Heat water in a pot in medium heat. Add ginger, soy sauce, sugar, sake, and mirin. Bring it to boil.
After it boils, add the beef and stir sufficiently. Cover the pot and continue cooking for 20 minutes or until the liquid is almost all gone.
Sprinkle the meat with sliced green onion and let it cool.
Steps (for making onigiri):
While cooking the meat, prepare the cooked brown rice by mix the rice with rice vinegar.
To make onigiri, wet your hands with water and salt. Scoop a palmful amount of rice in one hand. Then make a dent in the center.
Add the beef and green onion filling in the center as much as you want.
Press and form into a triangle shape, or all ball shape. The onigiri is ready to serve!
Keyword
Brown Rice, Onigiri