Chicken Soboro Onigiri (Japanese Ground Chicken Rice Ball)

Name: Chicken Soboro Onigiri (Japanese Ground Chicken Rice Ball)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 20 min
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 600 g cooked Japanese short-grain rice; 1 tsp cooking oil; 100 g ground chicken (or ground turkey); 1 tbsp Japanese soy sauce (koikuchi shoyu); ½ tbsp mirin; 1 tsp sugar; 1 tsp sake; 6 strips roasted seaweed for sushi (nori) (nori)

Instructions

Prep:10minCook:10min

This chicken soboro onigiri is made with ground chicken cooked in a savory Japanese-style sauce and then mixed with sticky white rice. It's easy to make and has a delicious meaty twist on a classic lunchbox dish!

Updated at: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:23:25 GMT