Spicy Tuna Onigiri (ピリ辛まぐろおにぎり)
Cuisine: Japanese • Prep: 30 mins • Cook 20 mins • Servings: 12 • 216 calories per serving
May 2, 2023
Ingredients:
- 3 cups of hot/warm cooked short-grained rice
- 1 can tuna drained
- 2 tablespoon sriracha or hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise salt and pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoon green onion finely chopped 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon chili pepper flakes optional
- 1 avocado sliced
Equipment:
- Onigiri mold (optional)
Preparation:
- Combine tuna, hot sauce, mayonnaise, salt and pepper, green onion, lemon juice, and pepper flakes into a bowl and mix thoroughly. Adjust seasonings to taste.
- Place into the refrigerator until ready to use, at least 1 hour. (The longer it sits, the more flavorful the tuna will be).
- When ready to assemble, using an onigiri mold, add about 1 heaping tablespoon of warm rice to the mold, press down lightly with a spoon.
- Add 1 tablespoon of spicy tuna filling over top of the rice.
- Finish by adding another 1 tablespoon of rice on top of the filling to encase it. Press the mold firmly to retain the shape of the rice ball. Onigiri is just a rice ball. There’s no “right or wrong” way to shape the onigiri. Common shapes are triangles or round balls. So have fun and play around with the shapes!
- Open the mold and remove the onigiri.
- Dip the exterior of the onigiri into some sesame seeds and furikake if you wish, and wrap it with a piece of nori.
Tips:
- Depending on the size of your mold, you may need to adjust how much filling and rice you need. The bigger, add a bit more. The smaller, add a little less.
- Be sure to use hot/warm rice as cooled rice will not stick together well!
Source: https://www.siftandsimmer.com/spicy-tuna-onigiri/