Onigirazu became popular about 6 years ago. I featured it in this blog that time it became a rage, you can read it here. This is my third recipe for onigirazu on my site but not necessarily the number of times I’ve made it for my family.
What’s great about it is that you can really get creative in making different combinations of meat and fillings for your sushi sandwich. You can mix and match various ingredients keeping in mind the texture, color and flavor if you want to create an appealing onigirazu. I love adding Filipino flavors to modern Japanese dishes such as this. I have previously made an adobo onigiri and this time I added shredded beef tapa.
To make you will need 1 sheet of nori, about 1/2 – 3/4 cup cooked white rice but in this case I used my 7 grain rice which turns into a lovely purple hue, shredded beef tapa, some sliced avocado, salad greens, omelet and a sheet of cling wrap.
Take your nori and lay it on top of your cling wrap. Place 1/2 a cup of rice in the center of nori and spread thin making sure not to get too close to it’s edges. Then lay your filling starting with the omelet on top of your rice followed by the beef tapa, sliced avocado and finally some salad greens. Top all this with your remaining 1/4 cup of rice. Gather the edges of your nori in the middle like what you would do when wrapping a package. Press tightly to seal. Slice your nori parcel in the middle and serve.
