Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice (Nobu Copycat)

Spicy Tuna Crispy Rice (Nobu Copycat)

36 mins
Serves 6
Serves

Directions

  1. 1.

    Season sushi rice with rice vinegar, sugar, potato starch and salt. Press rice into a thin layer, refrigerate for 4-8 hrs, and freeze for 30 min.

  2. 2.

    Make eel sauce by simmering tamari, cane sugar, and mirin until it coats the back of a spoon. Let cool.

  3. 3.

    Finely chop tuna and mix it with Japanese mayo, sriracha, sugar, chives, and tamari.

  4. 4.

    Cut the rice into little circles.

  5. 5.

    Fry the rice until golden brown.

  6. 6.

    Assemble by piping tuna onto the fried rice, topping with chives, avocado, serrano, and eel sauce.

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Ingredients

  • 1.25 cup sushi rice
  • 1.67 cup water
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1/2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp potato starch
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 1 kombu strip
  • 0.33 cup tamari
  • 0.33 cup cane sugar
  • 0.33 cup mirin
  • 10 oz ahi tuna
  • 3 tbsp Japanese mayo
  • 1 tbsp sriracha
  • 1/2 tsp sugar
  • 2 tbsp chives
  • 12 serrano or jalapeño slices
  • 12 avocado triangles
  • 1 avocado or olive oil

Equipment

rice cooker baking sheet plastic wrap cookie cutter saucepan knife spatula pastry bag frying pan tongs

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