RECIPE

YAKI ONIGIRI

Crispy Japanese grilled rice balls seasoned with butter and soy sauce.

01

Use a rice cooker or pot to cook the rice. 

COOK RICE

02

Drizzle soy sauce evenly over the rice and mix until the rice is uniform in color.

SEASON RICE

03

Shape the rice into three onigiri using a mold or your hands. 

SHAPE ONIGIRI

04

Put the potato starch in a fine mesh strainer and dust both sides of the onigiri with a light coating of starch.

DUST WITH STARCH

05

Add half the oil into a pan over medium-low heat and then pan fry the onigiri on one side until golden brown and crisp

PAN-FRY ONIGIRI

06

When browned on one side, flip the rice balls over and brown and crisp the second side. 

FLIP

07

Once the second side has crisped, melt some butter onto the tops of each onigiri. 

BUTTER

08

Flip the onigiri up on their sides and roll them around to cook any starch on the sides. 

FLIP AND ROLL