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Frozen Onigiri~Grab and Go!~

Keep well and you can eat naturally defrosted！
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Cook Time 40 minutes
Rice cooker 30 minutes
Course all
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 9 Onigiris

Equipment

  • Rice cooker or a pot
  • bowl (microwavable)

Ingredients
  

Cooked rice

  • 3 rice-cup cups short grain rice (preferably Japanese) 1 rice-cup=180ml
  • 3⅓ rice-cup cups water

〈Cha-Han Onigiri〉makes 3 Onigiri

  • 300 g cooked rice （about 2 cups) cup=measuring cup (240ml)
  • 1 large egg
  • 50 g Cha-Shaw (Chashu)
  • 20 g scallion
  • 1 tbs sesame oil
  • 1 ts chicken soup powder (Chinese style)
  • 1 ts soy sauce
  • salt and pepper to taste

〈Omu-Rice Onigiri〉makes 3 Onigiris

  • 300 g cooked rice （about 2 cups) cup=measuring cup (240ml)
  • 2 pieces sausages
  • 20 g onion
  • 10 g carrot
  • 1 piece green bell pepper
  • 1 ts chicken or beef soup powder
  • 1 tbs olive oil
  • 1 tbs ketchup
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1 large egg (for thin omelet)
  • ½ ts potato or corn starch(for thin omelet)
  • 1 ts water(for thin omelet)
  • a pinch of salt(for thin omelet)

〈Dry Curry Onigiri〉makes 3 Onigiris

  • 300 g cooked rice （about 2 cups) cup=measuring cup (240ml)
  • 2 slices ham
  • 20 g onion
  • 10 g carrot
  • 1 green bell pepper
  • 1 ts chicken or beef soup powder
  • 1 tbs heaping tablespoon Hellmann's mayo ※any kind of mayo is OK
  • 1 ts curry powder
  • ½ ts salt
  • ⅕ ts black pepper

Instructions
 

Cook Rice

  • Cook rice in a rice cooker or a pot.
    3 rice-cup cups of rice makes about 1 kg (2.2lb) of cooked rice.

〈Cha-Han Onigiri〉

  • Cut scallion into thin slices.
    Cut Cha-shu into small dice.
  • 〈make scrumble egg〉
    Crack an egg and add a pinch of salt.
    Grease the inside of the microwave-safe bowl with one tablespoon of sesame oil so that the egg doesn't stick to the side.
    Cook in the microwave for 30 seconds on 800w ( 600 w for 40~50 seconds) . Take out and give it a stir to break up the egg.
    Cook 30 seconds more, keep your eyes on the egg to avoid overcooking.
    It's OK if uncooked egg remains.
    Take out and break the egg into small pieces.
  • Add in diced Cha-Shaw, granulated chicken soup and soy sauce.
    Cook in the microwave for 30 seconds, to dissolve the soup powder.
  • Add in warm cooked rice, and chopped scallion.
    Mix all together really well.
    But be careful not to break the grains.
    Give it a taste and if you happy with it, shape into Onigiri.

〈Omu-Rice Onigiri〉

  • Mince onion, carrot and green bell pepper.
    Chop the sausage into small dice.
    ※You can use bacon or ground meat or anything you have on your hand.
  • Put all the ingredients into a microwave-safe bowl, and cook in the microwave for one minute on 800w.
    Take out and give it a stir. 
    Cook on microwave again for one minute.
  • Add in warm cooked rice and mix well.
    Shape into Onigiri.
  • 〈thin omelet to wrap it up〉
    Crack an egg, add a pinch of salt.
    Beat well and add potato starch and water solution.
    Cut into strips and wrap the Onigiri.

〈Dry Curry Onigiri〉

  • Mince onion, carrot and green bell pepper.
    Chop the ham into small dice.
  • Add in all the ingredients and cook in the microwave as well as the omurice.
    Shape into Onigiri.

How to store

  • Shape into Onigiris and wrap nice and tight.
    Freeze and pack in a ziplock bag.
    Keep well up to 3 months.
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