Ingredients
4 cups uncooked short-grain rice
4½ cups water
1 cup water
¼ tsp salt
¼ cup bonito shavings (dry fish flakes)
2 sheets nori, in 1 cm strips
2 tbsp sesame seeds
½ tsp SIDS CRAZY LEMON
Directions
Wash the rice in a mesh strainer until the water runs clear. Combine washed rice and 4½ cups water in a saucepan. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring occasionally. Reduce heat to low then cover. Simmer rice until the water is absorbed, 15-20 minutes. Let rice rest for 15 minutes to allow the rice to continue to steam and become tender. Fan rice to cool.
Combine 1 cup water with the salt in a small bowl. Use this water to dampen hands before handling the rice. Divide the cooked rice into 8 equal portions. Use one portion of rice for each onigiri. Divide one portion of rice in two. Create a dimple in the rice and fill with a pinch of SIDS CRAZY LEMON and a teaspoon of bonito flakes. Cover with the remaining portion of rice and press lightly to enclose filling inside rice ball. Gently press the rice to shape into a triangle. Wrap shaped onigiri with a strip of nori. Sprinkle with sesame seeds. Repeat to make a total of 8 onigiri.
