Trio of Halloween Onigiri Recipe
Prep Time:
35 minutes
Cook Time:
10 minutes
Servings:
18 Onigiri
Ingredients
  • 1 ½ cups sushi rice
  • 2 ¼ cups water
  • ⅓ teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon rice wine vinegar
  • ⅓ cup pumpkin puree
  • 6 chives
  • 2 sheets nori
  • 3 tablespoons furikake
  • ¼ cucumber
  • 2 teaspoons wasabi
  • 2 tablespoons soy sauce
Directions
  1. Fill a small pot with the sushi rice and cold water. Place the pot over the stove and bring to a boil.
  2. Turn the rice down to a simmer, cover with a lid and cook for 10 minutes.
  3. Turn off the heat and allow the rice to sit for 10 minutes with the lid on.
  4. Remove the lid and use a fork to fluff up the rice. Stir in the salt and rice wine vinegar.
  5. Divide the rice into 3 bowls.
  6. To one bowl of rice, mix in the pumpkin purée.
  7. Form 6 pumpkin shapes with the pumpkin rice.
  8. Cut small pieces of chives and push them into the pumpkins for the stems.
  9. Using the nori, cut out small triangles for the eyes and thin strips for the mouth.
  10. Place the eyes and mouthes onto each pumpkin.
  11. With the second bowl of rice, form 6 ghost shapes.
  12. Using the nori, cut out small ovals for the ghost mouthes and eyes.
  13. Place the nori eyes and mouthes onto the ghosts.
  14. With the third bowl of rice, form 6 skull shapes.
  15. Place the furikake in a bowl and toss each skull in the furikake.
  16. Cut the cucumber into slices. Then cut small ovals for the eyes and thin strips for the mouth.
  17. Place the cucumber eyes and mouths onto the skulls.
  18. Serve the Halloween onigiri alongside the wasabi and soy sauce.