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The Best Crispy Rice & Salmon Bowl Recipe

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  • Author: nocrumbsleft
  • Prep Time: 20 minutes
  • Cook Time: 20 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes
  • Yield: 4 servings

Description

This Crispy Rice Salmon Bowl is the most magnificent lunch! It is so easy to make & even easier to enjoy! Let’s Go!


Ingredients

  •   1 cup sushi rice
  •   Pinch of salt
  •   2 tablespoons mirin
  •   2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar
  •   2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil or oil of choice
  •   ¼ cup tamari or soy sauce
  •   2 tablespoons sliced green onions
  •   Juice of ½ fresh lemon
  •   ¼ cup kewpie mayonnaise or mayonnaise of choice
  •   1 teaspoon sriracha, plus more if desired
  •   1 pound sushi grade salmon, ¼-inch sliced
  •   1 cup sliced Persian cucumbers
  •   1 avocado, pitted and sliced
  •   1 mango, pitted and sliced
  •   ¼ cup pickled ginger
  •   4 teaspoons wasabi paste
  •   2-3 tablespoons beet kraut or pickled vegetables, optional*
  •   2 tablespoons chili crisp
  •   2 tablespoons furikake seasoning
  •   2 tablespoons finely chopped chives

Instructions

Make the crispy rice:

Prepare a cup of sushi rice according to the package directions (add a pinch of salt salt) and allow it to sit for five minutes, undisturbed. Mix the rice with the mirin and rice wine vinegar. Remove one heaping cup of cooked rice and set aside and cover the remaining rice in the pot with a lid. Remove the pot from the burner but keep on the stove to keep warm. Set your oven to 400 F. Put the cup of rice on an unlined baking sheet and drizzle the oil, then using your hands distribute the oil over the rice. Spread the rice on the baking sheet, encouraging small clumps to happen. Place the baking sheet in the oven and bake for 20 minutes then flip the rice and continue baking for 10 minutes. Remove the baking sheet from the oven and allow rice to cool slightly.

 

Make the sauces:

In a small bowl stir together with tamari, green onions, and lemon juice. Set aside. In another small bowl, mix together the mayonnaise and sriracha until well combined. Set aside.

 

Assemble the salmon bowl:

In each of 4 serving bowls, add ½ cup of the reserved rice in the pot and divide the salmon, cucumber, avocado, and mango among the 4 bowls. Add 1 tablespoon of pickled ginger and a ½ teaspoon of wasabi paste to each bowl. Optionally, add half a tablespoon of beet kraut or preferred pickled vegetable. Drizzle some of the tamari sauce, spicy mayo, and a ½ tablespoon of chili crisp over the top of each bowl. Finish each bowl by sprinkling ¼ of the crispy rice, ½ tablespoon of furikake, and ½ tablespoon of the chives.

 

Serve & Enjoy!


Notes

*If you have a favorite pickled vegetable you love, add some to the bowl for lovely color and crunch. I’ve added a delicious beet kraut.