Creamy Mentaiko Yaki Onigiri
Equipment
- 1 Rice cooker (any other equipment you use to make rice)
- 1 Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 300 g Cooked rice
- 40 g Mozzarella cheese 2 pieces of cheese, about 20g each
- Water water to dip your hands in so rice does not stick
- Salt pinch of salt for taste and rice to not stick on hands
Mentaiko sauce
- 1 Mentaiko or pollock roe
- 1 tbsp Kewpie Mayo
- 1/2 tbsp Heavy cream
Garnish (optional)
- Pieces of thinly cut nori dried seaweed
Instructions
To Make Creamy Mentaiko Sauce
- Remove mentaiko from packaging
- Slice open the mentaiko and scrape the roe out of the sac. (The sac is a clear film surrounding the roe. It is edible but we are removing it for texture purposes.)
- Place the roe in a bowl and using a spoon, mix mentaiko roe with kewpie mayo and heavy cream
- Set creamy mentaiko sauce to use later
To Make Onigiri
- Wet hands with water and rub a pinch of salt on hands (this will prevent rice from sticking to hands
- Take about 75g of cooked hot rice and place it in hand
- Take a piece of cheese and place it in the middle
- Take another 75g of cooked hot rice and cover the cheese (make sure the cheese is fully covered or it will melt out in the air fryer)
- Shape the rice into an onigiri triangle with hands (you can use an onigiri mold as well)
- Make 2 onigiri
- Place onigiri in air fryer and brush with oil on both sides
- Cook in air fryer at 400F for 12-15 minutes flipping the onigiris halfway through
- Once done, place on a plate and spread creamy mentaiko sauce on top
- Sprinkle cut nori on top (optional)
- Serve hot and enjoy!
Video
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