How to make TikTok viral recipe Nobu's spicy tuna crispy rice (2024)

Gavin Hanly 15 April 2021

When no-one could go to restaurants this past year, TikTok took over and served up various viral recipe hits - one of which was Nobu's amazing spicy tuna crispy rice. We went straight to the source, Nobu itself, to find out how to make it.

Ingredients:

• Sushi rice – 140g
• Water (plus extra for rinsing) – 140g
• Rice wine vinegar – 1tbsp
• Granulated sugar – 1tbsp
• Maldon salt – 1tsp
• Sashimi-grade tuna – 250g
• Spring onion (finely chopped) – 2 spring onions
• Kew pie mayonnaise – 2 tbsps
• Sriracha sauce – to taste
• Oil for deep frying
• Light soy sauce

Method:

• Rinse the uncooked rice several times until the water runs clear. Cook the rice in a rice cooker with a cup of water.
• Lightly warm the vinegar in a small pan, and dissolve the sugar and salt into it.
• Pour the vinegar over the cooked rice and stir to cover each grain evenly.
• Firmly pack the rice into a musubi maker or roll it tightly into a rectangular log. Cover with plastic wrap and chill in the fridge overnight.
• Once the rice is set, carefully remove and cut the rice into inch cubes.
• Dice the tuna into small pieces and then finely chop.
• Mix the tuna with the spring onion, mayonnaise and squirt of sriracha sauce, and taste.
• Heat the oil to 180oc for deep frying.
• Insert a toothpick into each cube and deep fry in the oil until golden brown.
• Once crisp top the rice with the tuna, or serve on the side with some light soy sauce for dipping.

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Photos byAlessa Delgado

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