Quick Sushi Salad: Only 10 Ingredients!
I dreamed of this recipe when I was craving my favorite sushi roll and decided I could make it myself, in salad form since I’m not an itamae! This salad was served for lunch at part of an Asian Fusion week at my house. I served this with spicy jalapeno cream cheese filled wontons made with halved egg roll wrappers and fortune cookies after the meal. I can also see it as a great side to dinner or as a packed lunch for work or school. Do what I’ve done here, or adapt it again to fit your own favorite sushi roll!
Servings: 4
Ingredients
1 cup long grain white rice
1 ¾ cup of water
1 avocado
1 cup baby carrots
1 cucumber
4 imitation crab sticks
1 cup frozen shrimp
french fried onions
sriracha mayonnaise
soy sauce
1. Steam or boil the carrots just enough to soften them. Cut them into small pieces lengthwise. Place in a mug in the refrigerator to chill. Peel and cut the cucumber into equal pieces, also place in a covered container in the refrigerator.
2. Put water and rice in a covered pot and let it soak for at least half an hour. I let mine sit overnight. When ready to cook, bring to a boil uncovered, then cover and simmer for 10 minutes or until the rice has absorbed the water.
3. Let the rice cool down enough to then refrigerate or chill.
4. Place shrimp under cold running water to thaw. Put in an appropriate size bowl.
5. Cut the imitation crab into small bites. Put in another bowl of suitable size. Place both in the refrigerator.
6. When all of these ingredients are ready to be combined, first make a bed of sticky rice in the bottom of your bowl. Cut the avocado in half and remove the pit. Use a spoon to scoop out the contents in one piece, then cut each half into 4 slices. Place 4 slices fanned out over 1/3 of the rice in each bowl.
7. Place cucumber sticks in another 1/3 of your rice. Place the carrot sticks in the last 1/3.
8. I served the salads like this with the option of adding shrimp and/or imitation crab and then dressing with fried onions, Sriracha mayonnaise, and soy sauce to taste, but you can certainly make the entire salad for your guests.