Want to get tactile with your cooking? This onigiri recipe is a fun, hands-on recipe that doesn’t take much time. Grab your friends or family and have fun making rice balls together! They’re easily customizable to your liking and super delicious.
Ingredients:
- 12 oz canned tuna
- 2 ½-3 cups of rice
- 4 Tbsp. Mayonnaise
- 1 Tbsp. Rice wine vinegar
- ½ of a medium sized cucumber
- 5 baby carrots chopped
- 1 oz. cream cheese
- Plastic wrap
- Soy sauce (optional)
- Chili oil (optional)
Directions:
- Cook your rice in a rice cooker until al dente.
- Let the rice cool until it’s done steaming and is warm (not hot) to the touch.
- Add 4 tablespoons of rice wine vinegar into the rice and mix well.
- Cube half of a medium sized cucumber and the 5-6 baby cut carrots.
- Put the tuna in a bowl and add mayonnaise.
- Stir until fully combined.
- Take a 1 cup measuring cup and line it with plastic wrap.
- Line the cup with a thin layer of rice.
- Scoop some tuna and cream cheese into the cup.
- Sprinkle on some of the cubed cucumber and carrots.
- Optional: add in a dash of chili oil.
- Cover the top with a thin layer of rice.
- Lift it out of the measuring cup by the plastic wrap, mold it into a ball shape, and twist the excess plastic wrap at the top to seal it closed.
- Refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- Take it out of the plastic wrap and serve with soy sauce (optional).
- Enjoy!
Brooklynn Jolley can be reached at [email protected]