Tuna Onigiri (Japanese Rice Triangles)
Delicious, hand held snacks! Sesame seasoned rice with a tuna mayo filling and wrapped with nori.
Ingredients
Ingredients:
- 2 cups sushi rice cooked
- 1 tsp. Sesame oil
- 2 tsp. White and black sesame seeds
- ¼ tsp. Salt
- 1 sheet Nori cut into 6 strips
Tuna filling:
- 1 can tuna
- 2 Tbsp. Kewpie mayonnaise or 2 Tbsp. mayonnaise with a ¼ tsp. Sugar
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
Instructions:
- In a large bowl, mix the rice, sesame oil, sesame seeds and salt together.
- In a small bowl, mix the tuna, mayonnaise, salt, and pepper together. Mix well, breaking up the tuna.
- Cut Nori sheet in half lengthwise, then cut horizontally into small strips to wrap around the bottom of your onigiri.
- Wet your hands before assembling your onigiri. Otherwise, you will have sticky rice hands and no onigiri - lol!
- Using your hands, scoop about ⅓ cup of rice into your palm. Roll into a ball, then flatten it out.
- Scoop 1 tsp. of the tuna mixture into the center of the rice. Push it down gently with your thumbs. Then carefully fold the sides up and over the tuna filling, shaping the rice into a triangle.
- Place a strip of nori on your serving plate. Set your rice triangle in the middle of the nori and fold the sides of the nori up to stick to the rice. Repeat with the remaining rice and tuna. You should have approximately 6 triangles when you are done.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
You can wrap each one in plastic wrap until ready to eat.
If you refrigerate, the rice will harden. You can reheat it in the microwave to warm the rice and soften it.
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