PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a rice ball made of steamed glutinous rice by which a rice ball made of steamed glutinous rice for sale in a convenience store, a supermarket or the like is produced in an integrated manufacture.SOLUTION: The method for producing a rice ball made of steamed glutinous rice comprises: the process for coating the surfaces of rice grains of steamed rice with seasoning liquid containing seaweed-originated polysaccharide the process for rapidly cooling the coated steamed rice with a vacuum cooling machine and the process for molding the rapidly cooled steamed rice into a rice ball using a rice ball molding device. The method additionally comprises a twice-repeated steaming process prior to the rapidly cooling process. In the rapidly cooling process, the steamed rice is cooled to have a product temperature of 18-29°C.COPYRIGHT: (C)2011,JPO&INPIT【課題】 コンビニエンスストアやスーパーマーケット等で販売されるおこわおにぎりを一貫生産する製造方法に関する。【解決手段】 蒸米の米粒の表面を海藻由来の多糖類を含む調味液でコーティングする工程と、コーティングされた蒸米を真空冷却機で急速冷却する工程と、急速冷却された蒸米をおにぎり成型機でおにぎりに成型する工程を有する。急速冷却工程前に二度蒸し工程をさらに有する。急速冷却工程で、蒸米の品温を18℃~29℃に冷却する。【選択図】 図1
