Japanese Rice Balls (Onigiri)
Snack Crediting for Ages 3-5
Components
Meat/Meat Alternate, Grains
Ingredients
- 4 cups sticky brown rice
- 1 (6 oz) canned tuna, drained
- 3-4 tbsp light mayonnaise or Japanese mayonnaise
- 8 - 1" x 6" strips of nori seaweed (optional)
Directions
- In a small bowl, mix tuna and mayo together.
- Measure 1/2 cup of rice. Wet hands with water and form the rice into balls. Wetting hands keeps rice from sticking to you! Repeat 8 times.
- Take a rice ball, make a dent with your thumb to stuff each rice ball with 1/2 oz of tuna mayo. Shape into small triangles or balls and wrap the strip of nori around the rice.
One rice ball provides 1 oz eq grains and 1/2 oz meat.Â
