Meat Wrapped Onigiri Rice Balls using Shabu-Shabu Pork Slices
- 1 rice bowl full Plain cooked rice
- 4 slice Very thinly sliced pork (for shabu-shabu)
- 2 pieces Bite sized pieces of processed cheese
- 1 tsp Soy sauce
- 2 tsp Mirin
- 1 tbsp Flour
- 1 Salt and pepper
- 1 dash Oil
- Make 2 onigiri (rice balls) with a piece of processed cheese in the center.
- Use a fairly small amount of rice!
- Wrap the pork slices around each rice ball, about 2 slices per ball; the first slice in one direction, then the second slice perpendicular to it.
- The meat should cover the rice completely.
- Squeeze the meat covered rice balls with your hands to shape and season with salt and pepper.
- Put a little flour in a plastic bag, put in the balls and shake to coat with flour.
- Heat oil in a frying pan, and pan fry the onigiri one side at a time.
- Don't roll around.
- Turn from side to side to brown all over.
- When the meat is cooked, add mirin and soy sauce to the pan and coat the meat well.
- You can change the size and make bear shaped onigiri and other characters!
- I made Jackie from "The Bear School" (a popular children's book series).
- I used a quartered piece of cheese for the ears.
- This was featured on Charaben Stadium, a TV show about character bentos.
- I was able to make 16 meat wrapped onigiri with 350 yen worth of thinly sliced shabu shabu pork (pork shoulder).
- I used 2 rice cooker cups worth of rice.
- So much better to make these at home!
rice bowl full, pork, cheese, soy sauce, mirin, flour, salt, oil
Taken from cookpad.com/us/recipes/148791-meat-wrapped-onigiri-rice-balls-using-shabu-shabu-pork-slices (may not work)