PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for improving flavor of a baked rice ball rich in taste and odor of a sauce even in the center and excellent in crisp texture at the surface.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method of a baked rice ball includes following steps of: (a) shaping boiled rice into a rice ball of a specified shape, wetting its whole surface with a small amount of water, and then pressing the surface to a specified hardness (b) baking the rice ball having the surface pressed, at a necessary temperature for a necessary time to obtain a moderate scorch on the surface (c) submerging the baked rice ball in a sauce contained in a vessel for a specified time.SELECTED DRAWING: NoneCOPYRIGHT: (C)2017,JPO&INPIT【課題】たれの味と香りに中心部迄富み、表面のパリっとした食感に優れる、焼きおにぎりの風味を一段と向上させる方法の提供。【解決手段】以下a~cの工程からなる焼きおにぎりの製造方法。a.炊飯した米飯を、所望のおにぎりの形になし、その表面全体に微量の水を付着させてから、表面部が所要の硬さになるまで押し固める工程。b.表面部を押し固めたおにぎりを、その表面に適度の焦げめができるまで所要の温度で所要の時間焙焼する工程。c.焙焼したおにぎりを、容器に収容したたれに所要の時間浸漬する工程。【選択図】なし