• Pour uncooked rice in rice cooker bowl and wash rice
  
• Wash rice 3-4 times until water runs a little more clear and completely drain water
  
• Pour filtered water to 1 mark on the rice cooker. If your rice cooker does not have this indication, it is 1:1 ratio of rice to water
  
• Cook rice
  
• Once rice is cooked, mix in soy sauce, sugar, dashi powder and mix well
  
• Taste test and add dash of salt if needed
  
• Take about 1/3 of the rice and mold into onigiri triangle (you can use your hands or an onigiri mold)
  

Make onigiri using hand

• Wet hands before touching rice so rice does not stick to hands
• Make a "V" or upside down triangle shape with whichever hand feels comfortable. I use my left hand.
  
• Then place a third of the rice in your hands
• Using the other hand, make a "C" shape and place on top of the rice. Your fingers and palm should firmly cup the rice while the middle of your hands is kept straight.
  
• Your hands should look like this from the other side. Use your palm and finger to squeeze rice into about 1in width while also pressing down into the "V" shape.
  
• Rotate the triangle counterclock wise, until desired shape
  

Make onigiri using plastic wrap

• Using plastic wrap to shape onigiri is helpful because the wrap keeps the rice in place while you shape the onigiri.
  
• Wrap plastic around the rice tightly. You should already get a ball shape
  
• You can leave it as a ball or shape it into a triangle (same method as above).
  
• Make sure to remove wrap before putting onigiri into air fryer.

Onigiri in airfryer

• Make 3 onigiris
  
• Put it in the air fryer
• Air fry at 400F for 15 min
  
• Check on onigiri and flip onigiri over on the other side at the half way mark (around 8 minutes)
• Remove if onigiri is too crispy or toasty otherwise continue on until 15 minutes
• Yaki onigiri should be hot and crispy
• Serve hot and enjoy!