Salmon onigiri filling

Easy Japanese rice balls with spicy salmon filling

Onigiri fillings have endless possibilities to suit all tastes! Here are 14 popular ones to try as well as tips to make delicious onigiri.

These onigiri recipes are so authentic and delicious! From tuna to salmon to cheese, there are so many tasty Japanese rice ball fillings to try.

Learn how to make a popular Japanese rice ball, Salmon onigiri! With only four ingredients (including rice), you can have them ready in under ten minutes! They're perfect for a quick lunch or a portable snack!

Onigiri is a quintessential Japanese food: made by moms for breakfast, lunch boxes, and picnics. It is the ideal handheld food (the nori wrapper keeps the sticky rice from getting all over your hand).

If you're wondering how to make onigiri and perfect that distinctive triangular shape, here are three recipes for you to try. I start with the base recipe, showing you how to make the shape, then we add some delicious Japanese ingredients. I would love for you to try making onigiri at home so read on for my guide to shaping onigiri and 3 onigiri recipes with my favourite flavours and fillings.

This sesame salmon onigiri sushi is an easy introduction to making sushi at home. While most onigiri isn't sushi, this version is made with seasoned sushi rice and stuffed with raw sesame salmon.

A simple and quick recipe for lunch! This recipe makes 4 onigiris. You can replace the chives with green onions!

Onigiri are a classic Japanese snack, the compact rice balls are a staple of the country’s convenience stores. They are portable, flavorful and filling — the ideal travel companion — and include dozens of variations. The technique is simple: The filling of choice (salmon, in this case) gets spooned into balls of rice that are shaped into triangles and wrapped in crispy seaweed. Wetting and salting your hands before working with the rice is key — it seasons the rice and prevents the grains…

Learn how to make homemade nigiri with this simple recipe! This spicy tuna onigiri version is filled with a simple filling of canned olive oil packed tuna, mayonnaise, sriracha, rice vinegar, and scallion.