Spicy Crab Rice Balls
Spicy Crab Rice Balls 🦀 I’m not sure if these qualify as #onigiri, I googled it quite a bit and I think so? Either way they were the clear inspiration behind them!
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups sushi rice, cooked in a rice cooker, seasoned with pinch of salt, 2 tbsp rice vinegar and 1/2 tbsp sugar
- 1 ⅓ cups crab meat, I used king crab legs
- 3 oz cream cheese
- 1 serrano, minced but also reserve some slices
- 4 scallions, sliced but separate the green part from the white and light green part
- 2 tsp rice vinegar
- 1 tsp sesame oil, plus more for oiling hands
- 2 tbsp Japanese mayo
- 2 tbsp sriracha
- 1 lemon
- 3 tbsp tamari, or soy sauce
- Black sesame seeds
- Toasted sesame seeds
Instructions
- Cook the sushi rice according to recipe (I cook mine in a rice cooker and after it was done seasoned it with pinch of salt, 2 tbsp rice vinegar and 1/2 tbsp sugar).
- Mix the crab, cream cheese, Serranos, green part of the scallions, rice vinegar, sesame oil, Japanese mayo and sriracha in a bowl.
- Add some rice on plastic wrap and spread it with your fingers as shown in the video.
- Add some of the crab in the center and form the ball by folding the edges of plastic wrap as shown in the video. Wrap the ball pretty tightly.
- Add some sesame oil on your hands and smooth the rice ball using your hands.
- Mix the toasted and black sesame seeds. Coat the balls on sesame seeds and that is it!
Nutrition
Calories: 130kcal, Carbohydrates: 18g, Protein: 5g, Fat: 4g, Saturated Fat: 2g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 1g, Trans Fat: 0.004g, Cholesterol: 14mg, Sodium: 434mg, Potassium: 87mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 1g, Vitamin A: 126IU, Vitamin C: 7mg, Calcium: 21mg, Iron: 1mg
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.