Dinner · Recipe #187
Spicy Tuna Rice Bowl
A spicy tuna roll that skipped the rolling part.
- Protein
- 30 g
- Appliance
- Microwave
- Time
- 5 min
- Serves
- 1
- Keeps
- Eat now
- Cost
- $
- Heat
- Spicy

Steps
- 1
Warm the rice and put it in a bowl.
- 2
Mix the tuna with spicy mayo, soy and sesame oil.
- 3
Pile onto the rice; top with cucumber, green onion, sesame and nori.
Two Remixes
Korean-Style
Add kimchi and a microwave fried egg.
California
Add avocado and imitation crab.

From the book
This is recipe #187 of 365.
The rest are in Barely Cooking, with four weekly meal plans, the $30 kit and a protein cheat sheet.
What you'll use
The $30 Dorm Kitchen Kit
Can opener
Half the protein in the book comes in a can. Get a smooth-edge one so lids don't slice your fingers.
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See options on AmazonTwo big, wide mugs (16 oz)
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