How to make spicy tuna onigiri

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Step 1

Prepare rice. Combine the rice and water, and cook in a rice cooker according to the manufacturer’s directions.

Step 2

Make the filling: In a medium bowl, combine the albacore tuna, mayonnaise, hot sauce, and rice vinegar with a fork until evenly combined. Stir in the scallions.

Step 3

Assemble: Set aside a medium bowl of room temperature water and a small bowl of kosher salt for pinching. 

Step 3 cont. 

Once the sushi rice is cool enough to handle, start assembling the onigiri by hand.

Step 3 cont. 

Lightly moisten your hands by dipping them in the water bowl (this will help prevent the rice from sticking to your hands during shaping).

Step 3 cont. 

Sprinkle both of your palms lightly with kosher salt and rub them together

Step 3 cont. 

Grab roughly a ½ cup of sushi rice and gently press into a thick oblong shape in one palm of your hand.

Step 3 cont. 

Add a tablespoon of the tuna filling, pinched together with your fingertips, to the center of the rice and close the rice over the filling.

Step 4 

Gently shape the rice ball into a wide triangular shape using the palms of one hand and the fingers of your other hand, rotating the rice ball as you go.

Step 4 cont.

Wrap each onirigi in a nori sheet and place an additional small spoonful of tuna filling on the top of each onigiri. Serve immediately.

Step 4 cont.

Wrap each onirigi in a nori sheet and place an additional small spoonful of tuna filling on the top of each onigiri. Serve immediately.

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