Main ingredients 🥩
tuna canegggochujangtonkatsu saucemayonnaiseseasoned seaweedsesame seeds
Solo Cooking God Tuna Hand Rice Balls
Nutrient-packed hand rice balls made with lean tuna, soft scrambled eggs, and a specially crafted sweet-savory sauce that comes together perfectly
🙋 Recommended for
- ⭐ Parents who want to quickly prepare a nutritious and tasty breakfast for young children going to kindergarten or school
- ⭐ Those looking for a thoughtfully made, fast-to-prepare bento option perfect for light picnics or outings
Ingredients needed 🛒1 servings
- rice 1 bowl
- tuna can 1 can (oil removed)
- egg 2 pieces
- gochujang 0.5 tablespoon
- tonkatsu sauce 1 tablespoon
- mayonnaise 1 tablespoon
- seasoned seaweed 1 pack
- whole sesame seeds a little
Recipe 🍳
- Place warm rice in a bowl, gently squeeze out the oil from the tuna can, and add only the meaty part.
- Heat a small amount of cooking oil in a pan, crack in 2 eggs, and stir roughly with chopsticks to make a moist scrambled egg. Mix it into the rice.
- Add 0.5 tablespoon of gochujang, 1 tablespoon of sweet-savory tonkatsu sauce, and 1 tablespoon of rich mayonnaise to the mixture.
- Put the seasoned seaweed pack into a plastic bag and lightly crush it to make crumbs. Sprinkle generously over the rice.
- Use a spoon or gloved hands to thoroughly mix all ingredients and seasonings until evenly distributed.
- Shape the rice into round, firm hand-sized rice balls using one hand, then sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Place oil-free, lean tuna meat and freshly made scrambled eggs on top of the rice.
- Add gochujang, tonkatsu sauce, mayonnaise, and crushed seasoned seaweed, mixing well to evenly distribute the seasoning.
- Form the rice into round, bite-sized hand rice balls with your hands and top with sesame seeds.
Cooking tips 💡
- If shaping each ball is too time-consuming or you're short on time in the morning, simply serve the rice in a bowl and eat it with a spoon—it’s just as delicious.
- You can substitute with Worcestershire sauce or regular soy sauce, but the unique sweetness and rich acidity of tonkatsu sauce play a key role in enhancing the tuna mayo base.
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