Description
Savory Chicken Onigiri with Teriyaki: Your New Go-To Snack
Ingredients
Scale
- 4 cups Sushi Rice
- 1 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Furikake (optional)
- 1 pound Boneless, Skinless Chicken Meat (thighs or ground chicken can be used)
- 3 tablespoons Soy Sauce
- 2 tablespoons Sake or Water (for moisture)
- 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda
- 1 tablespoon Cornstarch
- 2 cloves Minced Garlic
- 2 tablespoons Mirin
- 2 tablespoons Brown Sugar
- 1 tablespoon Oil (for stir-frying)
- 1 sheet Nori (for wrapping)
Instructions
- Cook the Rice: Use a rice cooker to prepare 4 cups of sushi rice. Once cooked, mix in fine salt and sprinkle furikake for extra flavor.
- Marinate Chicken: Cut chicken into bite-sized pieces, combine with soy sauce, sake, baking soda, and cornstarch. Marinate for 30 minutes.
- Make Teriyaki Sauce: Whisk together soy sauce, mirin, and brown sugar in a small bowl.
- Stir-Fry Chicken: Heat oil in a pan, sauté marinated chicken until cooked, add garlic, and then stir in teriyaki sauce until thickened.
- Shape Onigiri: With wet hands, scoop rice into your palm, create a well for chicken filling, cover with more rice, mold into a triangle shape and wrap with nori.
Notes
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 45 minutes
- Category: Snack
- Method: Stir-fry
- Cuisine: Japanese
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Onigiri
- Calories: 250 kcal
- Sugar: 6 g
- Sodium: 500 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 1 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 12 g
- Cholesterol: 60 mg