A Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press is sharing her basic onigiri recipe. It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish, meat ...

It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish, meat, veggies, even cheese — as long as it fits and tastes good. Feel free to experiment.

1 ½ cup Japanese rice, cooked to fluffiness Three umeboshi salted Japanese plums (available at Asian food stores; for smaller umeboshi, use one for each rice ball) Two sheets of dried nori seaweed ...

A Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press is sharing her basic onigiri recipe. It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish, meat ...

1 ½ cup Japanese rice, cooked to fluffiness Three umeboshi salted Japanese plums (available at Asian food stores; for smaller umeboshi, use one for each rice ball) Two sheets of dried nori seaweed ...

A simple recipe for onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, with salted plums June 23, 2024 at 11:24 am 1 of 4 | This photo shows the ingredients to make onigiri easily, in Tokyo, on June 14, 2024.