This Easy Tuna Rice Bowl takes just under 30 minutes to prepare. With a garlic fried rice base, this recipe adds a Filipino-flare that’s both flavorful and filling!
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Ingredients
This rice bowl uses garlic rice, flaked tuna, and a simple sauce made with sriracha, Kewpie mayo, soy sauce, ketchup, and calamansi (can substitute with lime or lemon juice).
instructions
Start by making your garlic rice by first frying garlic until golden and mixing in cooked white rice until combined. Then combine the garlic rice, flaked tuna, and the sauces together. Mix, top with a fried egg, cucumber, chicharon, and serve!
Quick Tips
For greater ease, you can choose to skip the garlic fried rice step and just use plain rice right away. You can also add mayonnaise to the rice to make it creamier and rich!
Storage
This can stay good for up to 1-2 days stored in an airtight container in the fridge.
Ingredients and Substitutions
Cooked white rice, garlic: We’ll be using these ingredients to make our garlic fried rice.
- Substitutes: You may also skip this step and just use plain rice right away!
Flaked tuna: Go for any brand of your choice. You can also go for tuna soaked in either water or oil.
- Substitutes: Tuna can be replaced with any fish of your choice such as salmon, cod, haddock, or mackerel.
Sriracha, Kewpie mayonnaise, soy sauce, banana ketchup, calamansi juice: These ingredients will season the rice and flavor it lightly sweet, savory, and tangy. The kewpie mayo also adds some extra richness and creaminess.
- Substitutes: You can omit the sriracha if you’re not a fan of spice, or replace it with chili oil if desired. Kewpie mayo can be replaced with standard western mayonnaise in a pinch. Banana ketchup can be replaced with standard western ketchup. Calamansi juice can be replaced with lime or lemon juice.
Fried egg, cucumber, chicharon: These are the toppings to elevate your rice bowl! The egg yolk adds richness, the cucumber provides freshness, and the chircharon lends a textural crunch that pairs perfectly with the soft rice.
*You might notice in the photos that I used tomatoes, but you can choose omit this if you find it adds too much moisture to the rice.
Instructions
Prepare the garlic rice by heating the oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add in the garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes, or until golden in color. Add in the rice and stir to combine. Fry for an additional 1-2 minutes and set aside.
*Note: You may also skip this step and just use plain rice right away!
In the same pan you can also fry an egg, if desired, for the topping. Set aside.
To assemble, add in the garlic rice, tuna, sriracha, soy sauce, banana ketchup, calamansi juice, brown sugar, and black pepper in a medium-sized bowl. Mix well until evenly combined. Taste and adjust according to preference.
Top with the fried egg, cucumber, and chicharon. Enjoy!
FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions)
Can I use normal rice for this?
Yes, you can skip the fried rice step and just use standard white rice!
Can I make this less spicy?
To make the recipe less spicy, simply add less sriracha to taste.
Easy Filipino Tuna Rice Bowl
This Easy Tuna Rice Bowl takes just under 30 minutes to prepare. With a garlic fried rice base, this recipe adds a Filipino-flare that’s both flavorful and filling!
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Ingredients
1 tablespoon oil
6 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup cooked white rice
1 can (~180 g) flaked tuna
1-2 tablespoons sriracha, according to preference
2 teaspoons Kewpie mayonnaise
1 teaspoon soy sauce
1 teaspoon banana ketchup (can substitute with regular Western ketchup)
1 teaspoon calamansi juice (can substitute with lime or lemon juice)
- Toppings
Fried sunny side up egg
Cucumber, julienned
Chicharon, crushed
Directions
- Prepare the garlic rice by heating the oil in a pan over medium-high heat. Add in the garlic and fry for 1-2 minutes, or until golden in color. Add in the rice and stir to combine. Fry for an additional 1-2 minutes and set aside.
*Note: You may also skip this step and just use plain rice right away! - In the same pan you can also fry an egg, if desired, for the topping. Set aside.
- To assemble, add in the garlic rice, tuna, sriracha, Kewpie mayonnaise, soy sauce, banana ketchup, and calamansi juice in a medium-sized bowl. Mix well until evenly combined. Taste and adjust according to preference.
- Top with the fried egg, cucumber, and chicharon. Enjoy!
Notes
- *You might notice in the photos that I used tomatoes, but you can choose omit this if you find it adds too much moisture to the rice.
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