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@seattlehanddoc Ever since Japan, we’ve been fully obsessed with onigirazu — basically the cooler, hotter cousin of a tuna sandwich. The second we got home we started making them ourselves and we cannot stop. Crispy Pan-Fried Onigirazu Ingredients 2 cans @wildplanetfoods Skipjack Tuna 3 tbsp mayo 1 tsp Sriracha (plus more to taste) 1 avocado, thinly sliced 1 cucumber, peeled into thin strips 6 eggs, fried 3 cups cooked short-grain white rice, seasoned with salt 12 sheets nori 24 sheets rice paper Black sesame seeds Neutral oil for frying Instructions Mix Wild Planet tuna with mayo, Sriracha, salt and pepper. Set aside. Fry your eggs and prep all fillings before you start building. Dip 2 rice paper sheets in warm water, overlap on a cutting board. Layer 2 nori sheets on top. Cut 2 slits to create 4 sections. Place rice in one, tuna across from it, egg in the third, avocado and cucumber in the fourth. Fold rice over avocado, fold that stack onto the tuna, fold tuna over the egg, fold egg over to the rice, fold rice over cucumber. Wrap the whole square in 2 more wet rice paper sheets, press to seal, sprinkle with sesame seeds. Pan fry in neutral oil on medium-high heat, searing all sides until golden and crispy. Slice in half and try not to film a close up before eating. You will fail. Fair warning — regular tuna sandwiches are never going to hit the same after this. 🔪✨ #onigirazu #tunarecipe #ricerecipe #japanesefood #wildplanetpartner

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Japanese sushi sandwich recipe tutorialfrom @seattlehanddoc

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Overview

A couple shares their recipe for onigirazu, a Japanese sushi sandwich, inspired by a trip to Japan. They demonstrate the entire process step-by-step: preparing the fillings like tuna salad, avocado, and a fried egg; assembling the ingredients on nori and rice paper; folding it into a square; pan-frying it until crispy; and finally slicing it in half to reveal the finished product.

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  1. 1Introduce novel concept
  2. 2Demonstrate unique technique
  3. 3Execute transformative action
  4. 4Reveal layered result
  5. 5Proclaim superiority

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When we were in Japan, our favorite thing to eat were these sushi sandwiches called onigurazu.

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A close-up shot of hands folding a nori sheet over rice and other colorful ingredients, showing the assembly process immediately.

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Ever since Japan, we’ve been fully obsessed with onigirazu — basically the cooler, hotter cousin of a tuna sandwich. The second we got home we started making them ourselves and we cannot stop. Crispy Pan-Fried Onigirazu Ingredients 2 cans @wildplanetfoods Skipjack Tuna 3 tbsp mayo 1 tsp Sriracha (plus more to taste) 1 avocado, thinly sliced 1 cucumber, peeled into thin strips 6 eggs, fried 3 cups cooked short-grain white rice, seasoned with salt 12 sheets nori 24 sheets rice paper Black sesame seeds Neutral oil for frying Instructions Mix Wild Planet tuna with mayo, Sriracha, salt and pepper. Set aside. Fry your eggs and prep all fillings before you start building. Dip 2 rice paper sheets in warm water, overlap on a cutting board. Layer 2 nori sheets on top. Cut 2 slits to create 4 sections. Place rice in one, tuna across from it, egg in the third, avocado and cucumber in the fourth. Fold rice over avocado, fold that stack onto the tuna, fold tuna over the egg, fold egg over to the rice, fold rice over cucumber. Wrap the whole square in 2 more wet rice paper sheets, press to seal, sprinkle with sesame seeds. Pan fry in neutral oil on medium-high heat, searing all sides until golden and crispy. Slice in half and try not to film a close up before eating. You will fail. Fair warning — regular tuna sandwiches are never going to hit the same after this. 🔪✨ #onigirazu #tunarecipe #ricerecipe #japanesefood #wildplanetpartner

Transcript

When we were in Japan, our favorite thing to eat were these sushi sandwiches called onigurazu. Naturally, the minute we got back home, we had to make it. We filled it with our favorite wild planet skipjack tuna, an avocado, thin slices of cucumber, and a fried egg. Next, you're going to wrap everything in a sheet of rice paper and seaweed, cutting two slits to allow for proper folding, topping off the tuna with a little bit of Sriracha. Starting with the top corner, fold each filling on top of the best into a stacked square, wrap it in one final sheet of rice paper, and sprinkle with black sesames. In a hot pan with neutral oil, place the sandwich in the pan and seal all sides of the sandwich to give it a crispy, crunchy exterior. Remove it to a cutting board, slice it in half, and enjoy. No you have a crunchy, chewy, salty, and savory sandwich that you'll be making on repeat. Once you've made this, you may never go back to a regular tuna sandwich again.

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