# Grilled Tuna Onigiri

A quick and easy grilled tuna onigiri recipe perfect for a 20-minute lunch.

- Total time: 20 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Lunch
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- tuna
- mayonnaise
- pepper
- sriracha
- rice
- sesame oil
- soy sauce
- sugar
- seaweed
- dried parsley

## Instructions

1. Add tuna, mayonnaise, pepper, and sriracha to a bowl.
2. Mix the tuna filling until well combined.
3. Add sesame oil to cooked rice in a separate bowl and mix.
4. Place some rice in your palm, make an indentation, add tuna filling, and top with more rice.
5. Shape the rice into a triangular onigiri, ensuring the filling is enclosed.
6. Place the onigiri in a pan.
7. In a small bowl, mix soy sauce and sugar to create a glaze.
8. Spoon the glaze over the onigiri in the pan.
9. Grill both sides of the onigiri until golden brown.
10. Wrap a strip of seaweed around the base of each grilled onigiri.
11. Sprinkle dried parsley on top of the onigiri.

## Equipment

- bowl
- pan
- spatula

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCuPz1thJHs/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/1986fa1e-728b-4a34-9559-52a77b87e31b
- Extracted: 2025-08-06

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