Step 1
In a big nonstick pot with a lid, stir collectively 2 cups water, rice, 1 tablespoon rice vinegar, sugar, and 1 teaspoon salt. Carry to a boil over excessive warmth, then cowl, cut back warmth to low, and cook dinner till rice is tender, 18 to twenty minutes.
**Alternatively, do the above in an electrical skillet, cook dinner the rice, then unfold the cooked rice on the pan, cowl and refrigerate till prepared to make use of.
Step 2
In the meantime, thinly slice the inexperienced onion and cucumber. In a big bowl, stir collectively scallions, tuna, mayonnaise, sriracha, soy sauce, and remaining 2 teaspoons rice vinegar. Style and add extra Sriracha for extra warmth. Refrigerate till rice is prepared (or as much as 5 days).
Step 3
Sprinkle the cucumbers with just a little salt.
Step 4
Now crisp up the rice: Make 4 or 5 small holes within the rice within the frying pan and pour the oil into the pan alongside the edges. Scale back warmth to medium and cook dinner till rice is browned round edges, 4 to 7 minutes. (You may raise the rice to verify.) In case you do not see oil popping out of the holes, add one other teaspoon or two of oil.
**If you’re cooking the rice in a rice cooker forward of time, warmth the oil in a nonstick pan over medium warmth and switch the rice to a skillet. Flatten the rice to cowl the underside of the pan and proceed crisping the rice.
Step 5
Divide rice, crunchy facet up, between bowls or plates and serve with a spoonful of spicy tuna and cucumber.
