Tuna Cucumber Watermelon
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These are cute little tuna appetizers made to look like watermelons. Great for parties, they make perfect finger-food, and are much less work than making a whole bunch of sushi for a party! Not to mention, they are delicious!
This recipe has a lot of contrasting flavors. The cool of the cucumber versus the heat of the Siracha sauce. The soft, yielding texture of the tuna, as opposed to the snappy crunch of the cucumber slice. The creamy flavor of the mayonnaise versus the clean, fresh flavor of the cucumber and tuna. So it’s not really sushi – no sushi rice in the recipe – but sushi lovers will love this dish!
I got this idea from Sushi American Style by Tracy Griffith.
Ingredients
- 1 cucumber
- 4 tbsp mayonnaise
- 4 tsp Sriracha sauce
- 1 oz black sesame seeds
- 6 oz sashimi-grade tuna
Cooking Directions
- Mince tuna.
- Mix with mayonnaise and Sriracha sauce.
- Slice cucumber into rounds.
- Top each cucumber slice with a small scoop of the tuna mix.
- Sprinkle a few sesame seeds on top, so it looks like a watermelon with black seeds.
- Enjoy!
Serving Size: 1 piece Tuna Cucumber Watermelon
- Calories: 80
- Fat: 6g, 10% DV
- Saturated Fat: 1g, 5% DV
- Cholesterol: 7g, 2% DV
- Sodium: 56g, 2% DV
- Total Carbohydrates: 2g, 1% DV
- Dietary Fiber: 1g, 3% DV
- Sugars: 0g
- Protein: 4g, 8% DV
- Vitamin A: 6%
- Vitamin C: 1%
- Calcium: 5%
- Iron: 5%
- Magnesium: 6%
- Potassium: 2%
Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. These values are only estimates based on the individual ingredients, and not meant to replace the advice of a medical professional.
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10 thoughts on “Tuna Cucumber Watermelon”
Ooh, yummy Totally bookmarked this and will make it for my housewarming. But will probably have to use canned tuna =X since I’m not sure how long they’ll be out…
Um, what’s tobiko? Is that the mayonnaise? It’s not in your glossary.
Yvo – You will love this! Canned tuna should work too, but if you ever get a chance, try it with the sashimi! So good!
Kelly – Oops. *blush* My mistake, when I was writing the post I mistakenly thought I had put tobiko in the dish. Tobiko are tiny orange fish eggs, like seen here.
Looks great! I love all things served on cucumbers, especially when they are easy to make.
Thanks! These are super easy… just slice the sashimi, mix it all up, and stick the mix on cucumber slices! 🙂
FYI- you have “1 cup sumeshi” in the inigredient list.
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out! The program I wrote to help make writing the posts quicker automatically puts that in every recipe, since most have it, and I forgot to take it out. 😛
it’s perfect , but I have to use canned tuna, too, I’like sriracha sauce
It was great i used the recipe for my school presentation on japanese food.
Carolina – I’ll bet it’s nearly as delicious with canned tuna as it is with sashimi.
Helen – Awesome. How did everyone like it?