Smoked Salmon Onigirazu
Smoked salmon, cream cheese, and cucumber wrapped in rice and nori — a modern onigirazu worth every fold.
Ingredients
| 2 cups (370g) | cooked short-grain rice, seasoned with salt and a splash of rice vinegar | |
| 4 sheets | nori sheets (full size) | |
| 4 oz (115g) | smoked salmon | |
| 2 tablespoons | 30 ml | cream cheese |
| 1/2 | cucumber, thinly sliced lengthwise | |
| — | black sesame seeds to sprinkle |
Instructions
- Place nori diagonally on plastic wrap. 2. Spread about 3/4 cup (140g) of rice in the center. 3. Spread a thin layer of cream cheese, then layer salmon and cucumber slices. 4. Sprinkle with black sesame seeds. 5. Add a thin layer of rice on top. 6. Fold nori corners over firmly. 7. Wrap tightly in plastic and rest 5 minutes. 8. Slice in half through the plastic wrap to reveal the layers.