Craving for sushi? Here’s an easy and delicious twist to the iconic dish
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If you love Asian food just as much as we do, then you probably know that replicating some of the dishes at home requires a lot of effort, time, and skill.
Dumplings, for starters, are downright delicious but can seem impossible to pull off with zero experience. Kimchi is also out of the question.
Sushi, however, has a convenient loophole. Even if you’ve never made sushi in your life, you can easily satisfy your cravings for the well-loved food item if you give this brilliant twist a shot.
Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the sushi bake.
Yummy in our tummies! Source: Jellybeans in the City
Okay, we know it looks nothing like the original but essentially, sushi bakes contain most of the ingredients that normal sushi rolls have. The only difference is that there’s no need to chop the ingredients and roll them together seamlessly.
But the good news doesn’t end there – you can also opt to customise the entire dish to match your preferences!
Without further ado, here are the basic ingredients you’ll be needing for this recipe:
Start by cooking a cup of white rice in a pot or rice cooker as well as searing your seafood of choice in a frying pan. Feel free to use more than one type of seafood!
Once the seafood is perfectly cooked, smash it with a fork and add diced green onions, cream cheese, and Kewpie mayonnaise. Mix them thoroughly.
In a separate container or tray, add the cooked white rice and drizzle it with some sesame oil, mirin, and furikake. Mix the ingredients thoroughly as well before flattening the rice down with a spoon.
Scoop the seafood mix and place it on top of the rice, spreading it evenly all throughout. Top it all off with some more furikake and Kewpie mayonnaise.
Pop it in the oven at 180 to 190 degrees Celsius for about 25 minutes. If you have an air fryer, you may also opt to cook it in an air fryer basket at 150 degrees Celsius for 10 to 15 minutes or until the top turns golden brown.
There you have it! Grab a sheet of nori, scoop a delicious spoon full of sushi bake, and enjoy!
Source: @myhealthydish
As a bonus, I’m happy to say that I gave it a go myself. I combined white rice, tuna, imitation crab, cheese, mirin, Kewpie mayonnaise, and furikake to make a personalised sushi bake. Since the TikTok video attached featured an oven, I wanted to see how it would turn out using an air fryer.
Using an air fryer accessory, which resembles a bowl, I mixed all of the ingredients together and popped it in the appliance at 150 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. I eyeballed most of the ingredients but it turned out great.
Sushi bake with an air fryer! Source: SDC
My brother demolished about 7 scoops, which is nearly half of the bowl. You’re definitely going to make a lot of servings with this one!
Check out how I made my own version of sushi bake below:
Source: SDC
Will you be giving this recipe a shot? Are you a fan of Japanese food? If so, which dish is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below!
Dumplings, for starters, are downright delicious but can seem impossible to pull off with zero experience. Kimchi is also out of the question.
Sushi, however, has a convenient loophole. Even if you’ve never made sushi in your life, you can easily satisfy your cravings for the well-loved food item if you give this brilliant twist a shot.
Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the sushi bake.
Yummy in our tummies! Source: Jellybeans in the City
Okay, we know it looks nothing like the original but essentially, sushi bakes contain most of the ingredients that normal sushi rolls have. The only difference is that there’s no need to chop the ingredients and roll them together seamlessly.
But the good news doesn’t end there – you can also opt to customise the entire dish to match your preferences!
Without further ado, here are the basic ingredients you’ll be needing for this recipe:
- A cup of white rice
- Your choice of seafood (salmon, imitation crab, tuna, etc)
- Three tablespoons of Kewpie mayonnaise (Japanese mayonnaise)
- Furikake (Japanese rice seasonings usually in packets)
- Sesame Oil
- Nori (The sheet of seaweed typically used in sushi rolls)
- 50 grams of cream cheese (optional)
- Green onions (optional)
- Mirin (optional for a sweet, vinegar-like taste)
Start by cooking a cup of white rice in a pot or rice cooker as well as searing your seafood of choice in a frying pan. Feel free to use more than one type of seafood!
Once the seafood is perfectly cooked, smash it with a fork and add diced green onions, cream cheese, and Kewpie mayonnaise. Mix them thoroughly.
In a separate container or tray, add the cooked white rice and drizzle it with some sesame oil, mirin, and furikake. Mix the ingredients thoroughly as well before flattening the rice down with a spoon.
Scoop the seafood mix and place it on top of the rice, spreading it evenly all throughout. Top it all off with some more furikake and Kewpie mayonnaise.
Pop it in the oven at 180 to 190 degrees Celsius for about 25 minutes. If you have an air fryer, you may also opt to cook it in an air fryer basket at 150 degrees Celsius for 10 to 15 minutes or until the top turns golden brown.
There you have it! Grab a sheet of nori, scoop a delicious spoon full of sushi bake, and enjoy!
Source: @myhealthydish
As a bonus, I’m happy to say that I gave it a go myself. I combined white rice, tuna, imitation crab, cheese, mirin, Kewpie mayonnaise, and furikake to make a personalised sushi bake. Since the TikTok video attached featured an oven, I wanted to see how it would turn out using an air fryer.
Using an air fryer accessory, which resembles a bowl, I mixed all of the ingredients together and popped it in the appliance at 150 degrees Celsius for 10 minutes. I eyeballed most of the ingredients but it turned out great.
Sushi bake with an air fryer! Source: SDC
My brother demolished about 7 scoops, which is nearly half of the bowl. You’re definitely going to make a lot of servings with this one!
Check out how I made my own version of sushi bake below:
Source: SDC
Will you be giving this recipe a shot? Are you a fan of Japanese food? If so, which dish is your favourite? Let us know in the comments below!
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