Spicy Tuna Onigiri
What is Onigiri?
Onigiri are Japanese rice balls, often wrapped in nori and filled with something savory. These are stuffed with a spicy tuna mayo filling and seasoned with furikake, and an onigiri mold makes them easy to shape. They're great for lunches and snacks.
Spicy Tuna Onigiri
Ingredients
Tools
- 1 onigiri mold
For the rice
- 4 cups rice cooked
- 2 tablespoon furikake
- 1 sheet nori sliced into 8 strips
For the tuna mix
- 1 can (5 oz) tuna drained
- 1 splash sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon furikake
- sriracha optional
- 1 teaspoon mayo
Instructions
- Combine our cooked rice with furikake in a mixing bowl. Set aside.
- In a separate bowl, add our drained tuna, mayo, sesame oil, furikake, and sriracha. Combine well and set aside.
- Using the onigiri mold, fill half the mold with rice. Add a thin layer of the spicy tuna mixture. Then add more rice to fill the mold. Using the cap of the mold, press to form the onigiri triangle ball.
- Remove the rice ball from the mold by pressing on the bottom end of the mold for the rice ball to fall out of the mold.
- Wrap the bottom of the triangle rice ball with a piece of the sliced nori.
- Continue the process from step 3-5 until all our rice and tuna mix is out.
- Enjoy as it's being made or save for a snack later.
