# Matcha Onigiri

- Servings: 2 pieces
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Appetizer
- Difficulty: easy
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 1 cup rice
- 1 tsp sencha tea
- 1 tbsp shiso fumi furikake
- 1 tbsp roasted sesame seed
- 2 pickled plum, umeboshi
- 1 sheet nori seaweed
- 1 tsp matcha powder

## Instructions

1. Brew the sencha tea with hot water.
2. Add the brewed sencha tea directly into the pot with rice.
3. Sift the matcha powder into a bowl and whisk with hot water using a chasen.
4. Pour the whisked matcha over the cooked rice and stir to combine.
5. Rinse your hands with water, then take a handful of the matcha rice.
6. Press a pickled plum into the center and mold the rice into a triangle shape.
7. Roll the edges of the onigiri in a mixture of shiso fumi furikake and sesame seeds, then attach a piece of nori.

## Equipment

- teapot
- pot
- sieve
- chasen
- bowl

## Tips

- Wash your rice before adding the tea.
- Rinse your hands with water before shaping the rice so it does not stick to your hands.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8t3YDFx/
- Creator: jayminkhansmith
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/2aca2c3f-a3f0-4150-b131-f6335162af9c
- Extracted: 2026-07-31

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