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Rice Tuna Burger

Rice Tuna Burger

Spice up your lunch routine with this Rice Tuna Burger, fresh, packed with flavor, and gluten-free.
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Freezing Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Japanese
Servings 4 burgers
Calories 450 kcal

Equipment

  • rice cooker
  • Medium Sized Pan

Ingredients
  

Fish

  • 7 oz yellowfin tuna frozen for easier cutting

Rice

  • 2 cups short grain rice uncooked
  • 3 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
  • 1 pinch salt
  • 3 tablespoons water

Sauce

  • 60 g Japanese mayo
  • 15 g Siracha
  • 2 dashes fish sauce
  • 15 g honey
  • ½ lime juice
  • 10 g cilantro chopped
  • 1 pinch salt
  • ½ bunch chives minced
  • 2 tablespoons crispy rice

Garnish

  • 1 tablespoon furikake

Instructions
 

Preparation

  • Freeze tuna for 1 hour. It will be easier to cut and allow you to achieve a more uniform small dice.
  • Add rice to rice cooker, add water and cook. Do not wash, you want the extra starch.
  • Chop cilantro and mince chives.
  • Mix Japanese mayonnaise with siracha, fish sauce, honey, lime juice, chopped cilantro, minced chives and a pinch of salt.
  • Cut tuna into a small dice and mix with the sauce.
  • Slice cucumbers and jalapeño. Season with salt and allow to sit.
  • Take cooked rice and mix in seasoned rice vinegar, salt and water. Mix well and push together.
  • Grab a mold, add some oil spray to it. Portion out your rice balls into 2.5oz balls. Using a plastic wrapped glass push down onto your ball to create a patty in the mold.
  • Using a medium sized pan on medium to hot heat gently sear your rice bun for a couple minutes.
  • Add crispy rice to marinated tuna.
  • Slice avocado.
  • For the build, start with one rice burger bun. Add salted cucumbers, add tuna on top, add jalapeños, sliced avocado, rice bun and garnish with furikake.

Notes

This recipe is fresh and gluten-free, perfect for a lunch upgrade.

Nutrition

Serving: 1burgerCalories: 450kcalCarbohydrates: 40gProtein: 25gFat: 20gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 2gMonounsaturated Fat: 12gCholesterol: 50mgSodium: 600mgPotassium: 500mgFiber: 2gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 800IUVitamin C: 10mgCalcium: 50mgIron: 2mg
Keyword Chef Keith Pears, gluten free, lunch, Poke Sandwich, Rice Tuna Burger, Tuna Burger
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