Tuna Onigiri is so easy to make, sushi rice wrapping around a delicious tuna mayo mixture. The finishing touch of nori sheet combined with the spicy filling make it a popular snack in Japanese anime. Try it and thanks me later!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of uncooked sushi rice
• 1/2 sheet of nori

Sushi Rice Seasoning: 

• 1/2 tbsp of sugar
• 1/4 tsp of salt

Tuna Mayo Mixture: 

• 80 g canned tuna (drained of oil or water and mashed)
• 1/2 tbsp Japanese mayo
• 1/2 tsp sriracha sauce
• 1/2 tsp light soy sauce
• 1/2 tsp rice vinegar
• 1/2 stalk of scallions (chopped)

Dipping Sauce (optional):

• 1 tsp light soy sauce
• 1/8 tsp sugar

Instructions: 

1. Rinse sushi rice and use a rice cooker or a pot, cook rice according to package instructions.
2. To room temperature sushi rice, add sugar and salt, mix together.
3. In a bowl, mix together strained canned tuna, Japanese mayo, sriracha, light soy sauce, rice vinegar and chopped scallions.
4. Divide sushi rice into 4 equal portions and tuna mayo mixture into 4 equal portions.
5. Pro-tip: wet your hands, so sushi rice won’t stick on them.
6. Scoop half of one portion of the rice, scoop a portion of the tuna mayo mixture into the center of the rice.
7. Use the remaining rice of the same portion of rice to form a ball.
8. Then shape into a triangle.
9. Add nori strip on the base of the triangle.
10. Garnish with black sesame seeds.