{"id":17956,"date":"2019-05-16T12:42:29","date_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:42:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=17956"},"modified":"2019-05-16T12:49:13","modified_gmt":"2019-05-16T19:49:13","slug":"onigiri-rice-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/onigiri-rice-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Onigiri Rice Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Start with bags labeled “long-grain sticky rice,” “sweet rice” or “glutinous rice.”\u00a0 If it isn’t on the shelves of your local grocery, check the ethnic foods section.\u00a0 If it’s not there, visit a nearby Asian or international grocer.\u00a0 Still no luck, here is a link from Amazon.\u00a0 CLICK HERE<\/a><\/p>\n

Sticky rice gets its stickiness from starch;\u00a0 that is amylopectin<\/strong><\/a> (not so much amylose) While it does contain a little bit of amylose, it\u2019s an insignificant amount. It\u2019s the amylopectin, that creates the stickiness of sticky rice.<\/p>\n

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  1. Cook short grain sticky rice<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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      1. Measure 1\/2-3\/4 C rice and 1 C water into the pot.<\/li>\n
      2. Let the rice soak for at least four hours or overnight.<\/li>\n
      3. Add 1\/2 teaspoon of salt and stir.<\/li>\n
      4. Place the pot over high heat and bring the water to a boil.<\/li>\n
      5. Turn the heat to medium low and cover the pot, leaving the lid slightly off on one side to vent.<\/li>\n
      6. Cook for 10 minutes – Stir once, and once only at 2-3 minutes.\u00a0 DO NOT stir the rice again while cooking!<\/li>\n
      7. After 10 minutes, check to see if the rice has absorbed all of the water by pulling the rice away from the center with a fork to create a hole.\u00a0\u00a0 If there is still water, continue cooking for 5 more minutes or until the liquid has been absorbed.<\/li>\n
      8. Remove the pot from the heat and place the lid on securely.<\/li>\n
      9. Allow the rice to stand for 10 minutes before serving or using.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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        1. Decide what will be in the center of your balls:\n
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          1. Salmon:\u00a0 Sear 8 salmon strips for 30 seconds per side.\u00a0 Sprinkle with salt.<\/li>\n
          2. Plums:\u00a0 Pit 8 plums<\/li>\n
          3. Sausage:\u00a0 Cook Smokey Links<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n
          4. Put 1 1\/2 TBL rice in the center of your palm<\/li>\n
          5. Create a hole in the center<\/li>\n
          6. Fill the hole with your filling<\/li>\n
          7. Form into a ball, enclosing the filling<\/li>\n
          8. Shape into a triangle (for appearance)<\/li>\n
          9. Tightly press to hold the shape, but not too tight<\/li>\n
          10. Put a strip of wet seaweed around the ball – shiny side out<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Serve with soy sauce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

            Start here:\u00a0\u00a0 GOOGLE IMAGES Start with bags labeled “long-grain sticky rice,” “sweet rice” or “glutinous rice.”\u00a0 If it isn’t on the shelves of your local grocery, check the ethnic foods section.\u00a0 If it’s not there, visit a nearby Asian or international grocer.\u00a0 Still no luck, here is a link from Amazon.\u00a0 CLICK HERE Sticky rice … Continue reading “Onigiri Rice Balls”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17956"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17959,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17956\/revisions\/17959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17956"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17956"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17956"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}