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Pork Luncheon Meat Onigiri (Japanese Rice ball) - Recipe Video

A simple and easy to understand recipe video shows how to make Pork Luncheon Meat Onigiri (Japanese Rice ball).
Here is a pork luncheon meat onigiri (Japanese rice ball). Pork luncheon meat with a kick of salt and Japanese sweet rolled omelet (Tamagoyaki) go well with rice. You can use mentsuyu (noodle soup base) or Japanese BBQ sauce (Yakiniku sauce) to have more choice in the arrangement. It is easy to make, so please give it a try.
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Cook time

20 minutes

Ingredients
4 onigiri

  • Rice
    300 g
  • Pork luncheon meat
    170 g
  • (A)Cooking sake
    1/2 tbsp
  • (A)Soy sauce
    1/2 tbsp
  • (A)Japanese sweet cooking wine (Mirin)
    1/2 tbsp
  • Tamagoyaki
  • Eggs
    1
  • (B)Milk
    1/2 tbsp
  • (B)Salt and pepper mix
    1 three finger pinch
  • Salad oil
    1/2 tbsp
  • Japanese Mayonnaise
    2 tbsp
  • Nori seaweed
    1 sheets

How to make

  1. Prepare. Cut seaweed into 0.6-inch pieces.
  2. 1. Cut pork luncheon meat into 4 equal pieces.
  3. 2. Heat a pan over medium heat, add Step 1 without oil, and cook until lightly browned.
  4. 3. Add (A) and cook over medium heat until the taste has soaked well entirely, then remove from heat.
  5. 4. Add an egg and (B) in a bowl and mix well.
  6. 5. Add cooking oil to a rolled egg pan heated over medium, and pour in Step 4. Give a big stir, fold it in half when it becomes half-cooked, and remove it from the heat. Rest to remove the heat and cut into 4 equal pieces.
  7. 6. Spread the plastic wrap on a cutting board, place the rice on it, and shape it into a bales shape following the size of the pork luncheon meat.
  8. 7. Remove plastic wrap, add mayonnaise, Step 5 and Step 3 on top, and roll in seaweed. Wrap it again with plastic wrap and lightly mold it to form the shape. Make other 3 onigiris in the same way.
  9. 8. Plate it and it's ready to serve.

Tips for cooking

Please adjust the amount of salt to your taste. Once the seasonings are added, flip and cook quickly, to avoid burning. For senior citizens, children under the age of 2, pregnant women, and individuals with weakened immune systems, please avoid eating raw eggs.

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