Ajitama Onigiri (Ramen Egg Rice Balls) - Yuko's Kitchen - Japanese Cooking 101

By Japanese Cooking 101 · 30 min

Ingredients

Instructions

1. Boil eggs in boiling water for 7-8 minutes, then move them immediately to cool water and peel.
2. Simmer the soy sauce, sake, mirin and sugar in a small pot for one minute, then let cool.
3. Put the eggs and the cooled sauce in a zip bag and marinate in the fridge for a few hours or overnight.
4. Remove the eggs and keep the sauce. Mix 1/4 cup of the sauce into a bowl of warm steamed rice.
5. Wet your hands, press a quarter of the rice into a triangle, make a well in the centre, put an egg inside and cover with rice, then reshape into a triangle.
6. Wrap each rice ball with a strip of nori.

Summarized from Japanese Cooking 101's video. Watch it for the details.

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