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You're One Step Closer To Becoming An Onigiri Master
So you've been making onigiri following the instructions in our how-to guide, but you're disappointed by one small thing: soggy nori. The nori sticks to the rice, soaks up a bit of moisture while you're working or playing, and then you open your onigiri and it's soft and droopy. It's still delicious, but you wish your onigiri could be as fresh and crisp as the amazing onigiri you ate at a 7/11 while traveling in Japan.
Wish no more, friend, because you are about to take one step closer to becoming an onigiri master with the Seinichi Disposable Take-Out Onigiri Wrapper.
One Wrapper Away From Onigiri Glory
The Seinichi Onigiri Wrapper allows you to wrap your rice with the nori, while preserving the nori's crisp deliciousness until you're ready to eat it. Convenience stores in Japan all have plastic wrappers like the Seinichi that keep their nori fresh until the customer is ready to eat it.
Ready to become the onigiri master you were born to become? Read on.
How to Use the Seinichi Onigiri Wrapper
Make a rice ball
If you don't know how to make a rice ball, check out our how-to guide for making onigiri.
Slip the nori into the wrapper
Wrap the rice ball
Wrap the rice ball as you usually would when wrapping nori around your onigiri. At this point, you're ready to through that little ball of joy and carbohydrates into a lunch box, or you could wrap it in a furoshiki to show off to your Japanese mother-in-law.
Unwrap and peel open the wrapper
Now that you're at the top of Mount Fuji, you're ready to eat. It's time for the true wrapping of your rice ball in the nori.
First, open the wrapper, with the onigiri on one side. Next, peel open the wrapper down the middle where the green line is.
Wrap rice ball in nori to complete onigiri
Now, simply wrap your rice ball in the still crisp, fresh nori that your preserved in the wrapper.
The road to onigiri mastery begins with the perfect rice.
Congratulations, you are now one step closer to becoming an onigiri master. If you're just starting your journey, don't forget to check out our articles on cleaning your rice to perfection, making rice in a cast iron rice maker, and finishing it in an ohitsu.
