Salmon Onigiri Recipe

Salmon Onigiri Recipe Prepared Two Different Ways with Step-by-Step Instructions

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Course: Snack

Cuisine: Japanese

Keyword: Salmon Onigiri

Prep Time: 5

Cook Time: 20

Total Time: 25

Servings: Onigiri Pieces

Calories: 165kcal

Cook the rice per the instructions on your rice package.
Once the rice is done cooking, cut the nori sheet into three evenly sized strips. Then cut one strip in half and place it aside until needed. Be sure to use high quality, fresh nori so it will be nice and crispy.
Remove the skin from your salmon and use a fork or your fingers to shred it into a small mixing bowl.
When you're ready to assemble the onigiri, wet your hands and rub a little bit of salt on them prior to handling the rice. This helps to season the rice and keep it from sticking to your hands.
Then take a handful of rice into your hand and flatten it slightly, making a small well in the middle for the filling.
Add a spoonful of shredded salmon to the well in the middle of the rice and cover with another small handful of rice.
Then form the salmon rice into a triangle shape by cupping your hands and gently pressing the rice with your palm and fingers (see video for more detail). Most beginners tend to press too hard when shaping the rice. Instead, you want to gently use your hands to form the rice into a triangle shape.
Next, wrap a strip of nori around the onigiri and press together where the nori strips overlap. Wetting the nori slightly where it overlaps helps it to stick better.
Serve and enjoy!

Another way to prepare salmon onigiri is to mix the shredded salmon into the rice before forming the onigiri instead of adding the salmon as a filling.
Once the salmon is mixed into the rice, form the salmon and rice into a triangle shape by cupping your hands and gently pressing the rice with your palm and fingers.
You can either use an entire strip of nori to wrap the onigiri like we did earlier or wrap a half strip of the nori around the bottom center of the salmon onigiri (see pictures and video for a demonstration). Both ways are delicious!
Serve and enjoy!