Spicy Tuna Bowl
Fun fact, I never used to eat sushi until I started dating my fiancé. Which is so weird to think, because now it’s one of my favourite foods. I probably request it for a date night at least once a month. In between getting my sushi fix, I like recreate the same kind of flavour with healthier alternatives, and make it with things I actually have at home already. Insert: spicy tuna bowl. It’s a serving size of one because you won’t want to share it anyways – plus it keeps well in the fridge if you want to meal prep it for the next day! Let’s get rolling (pun intended).
Ingredients
1 can of tuna (I like to get mine in water!)
1/2 avocado, cut into cubes
1/2 green onion, thinly sliced (I mix both green and white parts)
1/3 of a medium sized cucumber, chopped into small pieces
1 tbsp (15 ml) mayonnaise (for a healthier alternative try: greek yogurt, or Icelandic style yogurt)
1 tbsp (15 ml) sriracha (or to your desired spice level)
Himalayan pink salt and pepper to taste
Shredded cabbage or sprouts (optional)
Cilantro chopped (optional)
Sesame seeds, to sprinkle on top
Preparation
In a bowl, combine the tuna with sriracha, mayonnaise, and ½ of the soy sauce, mix together.
Add the avocado, and cucumber to the bowl, and put the rest of the soy sauce on top. Adjust the seasoning as needed (sometimes I add more soy sauce, or salt).
Sprinkle with the green parts of the onions. Serve with cilantro, shredded cabbage, and sesame seeds if desired and add more sriracha to your level of spicy.
ENJOY!!!!
So this is less of a recipe, and more of an assembly – but it’s super easy and delicious. It’s also really easy to customize to whatever you have in your pantry or fridge, as well as with any dietary restrictions (I’ve made this gluten free too, by using gluten free soy sauce). I’ve tried it with salmon or shrimp instead of tuna, put in water chestnuts, quinoa, chopped peanuts… the possibilities are endless.
Let me know if you try it out, and if you changed anything up!
