# Onigiri

Onigiri are Japanese rice balls with a tuna, mayonnaise, sriracha, and soy sauce filling, easy to make for everyone.

- Servings: 6 servings
- Total time: 40 min
- Cuisine: Japanese
- Category: Lunch
- Language: it

## Ingredients

- 2 bicchieri sushi rice
- 4 bicchieri water
- 1 cucchiaio sunflower seed oil
- sesame seeds
- salt
- 3 scatolette tuna, well drained
- 2 cucchiaio mayonnaise
- 2 cucchiaini sriracha
- 2 cucchiaini soy sauce
- nori seaweed

## Instructions

1. Rinse the sushi rice thoroughly, at least 5 times, until the water is clear.
2. Transfer the rice to a pot with the water and a drizzle of sunflower seed oil.
3. Bring to medium heat and, when the first bubbles begin to appear, lower to minimum, cover with a lid, and cook for 15 minutes.
4. Turn off the heat and let it rest covered for another 10 minutes, then gently fluff the rice with a spatula and add sesame seeds to taste.
5. In a bowl, combine the well-drained tuna, mayonnaise, sriracha, and soy sauce, mixing until a creamy mixture is obtained.
6. Moisten your hands with cold water and add a pinch of salt.
7. Take a portion of rice and flatten it on your palm.
8. Insert a generous teaspoon of tuna filling in the center.
9. Cover with another portion of rice.
10. Compact well, first forming a ball and then the classic triangle.
11. To complete, add a strip of nori seaweed at the base or around, as desired.

## Equipment

- pot
- spatula
- bowl

## Tips

- Rinse the rice at least 5 times until the water is clear.
- When cooking the rice, at the first bubbles, lower the flame to minimum, cover, and cook for 15 minutes.
- After cooking, let the rice rest covered for 10 minutes.
- Moisten your hands with cold water and add a pinch of salt when forming the onigiri.
- You can choose to add a small strip or fully wrap the onigiri with nori seaweed.

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZNRCxokR5/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f1e1c66e-093b-43e1-90c1-0077842574ea
- Extracted: 2026-04-01

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