300 gram Cooked rice Use hot rice. If it is a day old, then heat it up before molding. If the rice is cold, it will not hold its shape
1 tbsp Sugar
2 tbsp Soy Sauce
1 tbsp Mirin
1 tbsp Sake
Water small bowl of water to wet hands when shaping onigiri so the rice does not stick to hands
1 slice Mozzarella cheese this is optional but you can put it in the center of onigiri for a cheesy pull
Instructions:
Gather ingredients
Wet hands before touching rice so rice does not stick to hands
Take about 100g of cooked hot rice and mold into onigiri triangle (you can use your hands or an onigiri mold)
Make 3 onigiris
Put it in the air fryer
Air fry at 400F for 15 min (flip once in between)
Then coat both sides in soy sauce mixture and air fry for 2 minutes
Repeat this process 2 more times for a total of 6 minutes (lessen number of times or minutes if it is too charred. You don’t have to use up the sauce mixture)