5 from 33 votes
Spicy Tuna Onigiri
Spicy Tuna Onigiri are Japanese rice balls filled with a creamy mixture of canned tuna, sriracha, mayonnaise, and seasonings, finished with nori seaweed and optional garnishes like sesame seeds and furikake. The warm, sticky short-grain rice is shaped using a mold to encase the spicy filling, creating a handheld snack with a balanced contrast of cool, creamy, and spicy inside and a tender textured rice exterior. This recipe suits those who want a flavorful portable snack or lunch item inspired by Japanese cuisine.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
50 mins
Servings:
12
Calories:
216 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Asian, Japanese
Ingredients
- 3 C short-grain rice hot or warm; cooked
- 1 can tuna drained
- 2 tablespoon sriracha or hot sauce
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- salt to taste
- black pepper to taste
- 3 tablespoon green onion finely chopped
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 tablespoon chili pepper flakes optional
- 1 avocado sliced
Garnish:
- 12 x 1 " nori seaweed; strips
- furikake Japanese seasoning
- sesame seeds
Instructions
- 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 flavourful 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.
- 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.
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Notes
- Adjust filling and rice amounts according to the size of your onigiri mold for proper shaping.
- Use hot or warm rice to ensure the rice sticks well and the onigiri holds its shape properly.
Nutrition Information
Calories
216kcal
(11%)
Carbohydrates
39g
(13%)
Protein
6g
(12%)
Fat
4g
(6%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Trans Fat
1g
(50%)
Cholesterol
6mg
(2%)
Sodium
46mg
(2%)
Potassium
165mg
(4%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
1g
(2%)
Vitamin A
48IU
(1%)
Vitamin C
2mg
(2%)
Calcium
19mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 216
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 216kcal | 11% |
| Carbohydrates | 39g | 13% |
| Protein | 6g | 12% |
| Fat | 4g | 6% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 1g | 50% |
| Cholesterol | 6mg | 2% |
| Sodium | 46mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 165mg | 4% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 1g | 2% |
| Vitamin A | 48IU | 1% |
| Vitamin C | 2mg | 2% |
| Calcium | 19mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.