Description
Spicy Tuna Roll – a delicious and easy spicy tuna roll recipe with step-by-step directions and pictures! So easy to make at home!
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 cups sushi rice
- 1/2 cup mayo
- 1–2 tablespoons Sriracha or garlic chili sauce
- 4 nori sheets
- furikake (optional)
- 4–6 oz sushi grade tuna, cut into small chunks
- 1 avocado, sliced
- soy sauce for serving
- other filling ingredients: julienned carrots, sliced cucumber, etc.
- for serving: pickled ginger and wasabi
Instructions
- Prepare your sushi rice if you haven’t already: See how to make sushi rice + Instant Pot Sushi Rice.
- In a small bowl combine the mayo and Sriracha or garlic chili sauce. Stir and taste – add additional Sriracha or garlic chili sauce, as desired. Set aside.
- Place a bamboo sheet down. Place nori sheet on top, shiny side down (rough side up).
- Using the back of a spoon, spread approx. 1/2 cup + 2 tablespoons of sushi rice across the nori sheet leaving the top inch or so empty. The rice should be pretty flattened. Sprinkle some furikake all over the rice, if using.
- Use a spoon to put down a strip of spicy mayo in the middle of the rice. Add some tuna chunks on top of the spicy mayo along with 2-3 slices of avocado. Don’t go too crazy with the filling or it will end up popping out the ends if it is too full.
- Using both hands, pick up the edges of the nori sheet closest to you and fold over the filling ingredients; tucking the nori sheet around the ingredients. Pick up the bamboo sheet and fold over as well (but don’t tuck all the way around).
- While pressing firmly down on the sushi roll, begin pulling the bamboo sheet away from your body and rolling the sushi. Then stop and wrap your hands around the roll pressing down firmly to create a solid roll. Pull away from your body again with the bamboo sheet then stop again and press down. Continue doing this until you have a fully formed roll. See pictures above.
- Using a very sharp knife, cut the roll into 1 inch thick pieces. See notes below for instructions on an Inside Out Roll (where the rice is on the outside of the roll instead of on the inside).
- Serve with soy sauce for dipping as well as some pickled ginger and wasabi (if desired).
Notes
- Inside Out Rolls: to make an Inside Out Spicy Tuna Roll, place a piece of parchment paper or plastic wrap down on the bamboo sheet and then put your nori sheet on top. Cover with rice leaving the top inch empty. Feel free to sprinkle with sesame seeds. Carefully pick up the piece of nori and flip it over so that the rice-free section is now closer to you. Place your ingredients towards the center of the nori sheet. Lift up the edge of the nori sheet closest to you and tuck around ingredients. Lift up the bamboo mat and fold over as well. Start pulling the bamboo away from your body as the nori sheet rolls around the ingredients. Then stop and apply gentle pressure to create a roll. Continue pulling/rolling with the bamboo mat and then apply pressure until you have a fully formed sushi roll. Cut into 1 inch pieces with a very sharp knife. See our Guide on How to Make Sushi for step-by-step photos of making an Inside Out Roll.
- Other Filling Ingredients: feel free to add more filling ingredients than just the spicy mayo, tuna and avocado! You can omit the avocado and/or add in some cucumber, carrots, cilantro, etc. Whatever sounds good to you.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 roll
- Calories: 643
- Sugar: 0.9 g
- Sodium: 332.9 mg
- Fat: 17.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 102.3 g
- Protein: 16.1 g
- Cholesterol: 20.6 mg