Spicy Tuna Inari スパイシーなマグロ稲荷

How to make Spicy Tuna Inari Recipe - Inari sushi is an easy-to-make sushi that features a variety of ingredients, tucked gracefully into deep-fried tofu pockets known as inari. You don’t need to prepare the inari yourself these are readily available at every Japanese supermarket.

MAKES 4 PIECES

Ingredients
½ teaspoon spicy mayonnaise
Pinch shichimi (Japanese spice mix)
½ teaspoon tobiko (flying fish roe)
1 tablespoon chopped avocado
1 tablespoon chopped scallions
1 teaspoon sliced takuan (pickled daikon)
1¾ ounces (50 grams) tuna, chopped into ¼-inch cubes
2 whole inari (deep-fried tofu pockets)
½ cup sushi rice
¼ cucumber
Wasabi paste, for serving
Gari (pickled ginger), for serving
Soy sauce, for serving

Method:

1. In a bowl, combine the spicy mayonnaise, shichimi, tobiko, avocado, scallions, takuan and tuna (Figs. a-b).

2. Place the inari on your cutting board and roll a chopstick back and forth on top of the inari to loosen it (Fig. c).

3. Cut the inari in half and open each side. Gently stuff about 2 tablespoons of rice into each half and flatten the top of the rice.

4. Distribute the spicy tuna mix evenly on top of the rice.

5. Slice the cucumber into very thin slices (Fig. d).

6. Top the inari with cucumber slices. Serve with wasabi, gari and soy sauce.

Spicy Tuna Inari スパイシーなマグロ稲荷