Vegan japanese onigiri

Our EASY onigiri recipe is flavoured with delicious Japanese seasonings, wrapped up in cute nori strips. Perfect as a snack or bento box treat with step-by-step guide, video and packed with filling ideas.

Vegan onigiri are simple to make (and fun to eat!) Onigiri are stuffed rice balls typically eaten cold, but these are yaki (meaning "fried") and thus, warm!

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This traditional Japanese dish is both sweet and savory and can be served as a snack, as part of a sushi dinner, or as a side dish.

From mochi to mapo tofu, learn how to make your favorites at home.

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Onigiri, also known as omusube, are portable snacks, often sold in Japanese convenience stores, which are traditionally stuffed with salty, tangy fillings, then wrapped in seaweed. When grilled, glazed or cooked, they become yaki onigiri. In this version, adapted from “Vegan JapanEasy: Classic and Modern Vegan Japanese Recipes to Cook at Home” by Tim Anderson (Hardie Grant, 2020), a little bit of the pickled shiitake filling goes a long way. (The recipe makes extra, which you can keep…

Traditionally, onigiri are made with plain rice, but I like to use sushi rice seasoned with rice vinegar, sugar, and salt just because, well, it’s even more delicious. Fill your onigiri with whatever fillings you desire. See my post for a list of ideas. (Onigiri are intended to be kept at room temperature for several hours, so using raw fish as a filling is not recommended (of course, if you’re planning to eat your onigiri soon after preparing them, feel free to disregard this advice). Here…