This also makes it easy to eat with your hands, which is why it’s often a popular choice for get-togethers here in Japan, so each person can roll whatever they want into their sushi. You can set out a spread of colorful proteins like sashimi grade fish, sea urchin, hamachi, imitation crab, or sweet shrimp, and vegetables like sprouts, shiso, and avocado. Toppings like sesame seeds, kewpie mayo, and wasabi are popular options. Let your diners’ imaginations go wild. You can even use fish eggs like ikura and tobiko.
Why This Recipe Works?
Because this salmon sushi is rolled by hand into a cone, there’s no need for a sushi mat or any other special equipment, and this makes it easier to eat without having all of the filling fall out the other end. Using yuzu kosho to season the spicy salmon brings the heat while adding the wonderfully fresh fragrance of yuzu zest to the roll. Shiokonbu infuses the fish with amino acids, which gives this salmon sushi a ton of umami.
Ingredients for Spicy Salmon Sushi
How to Make Spicy Salmon Hand Rolls
For the spicy salmon sauce, just whisk together the soy sauce and yuzu kosho until there are no lumps. Use a sharp knife to slice the salmon into ¼-inch strips, and then cut the strips into small cubes. Mix the salmon with the red onions, shiokonbu, and soy sauce yuzu mixture to complete the spicy salmon. Before you start rolling the temaki, prepare a clean work surface as well as a bowl of water. Line up your salmon, sushi rice, nori, and daikon sprouts so they’re ready to go. To roll the temaki sushi, place a piece of nori in front of you with the rough surface facing up. Lightly wet your hands in the bowl of water and spread a golf-ball-size scoop of sushi rice onto the left half of the nori, leaving the top left corner empty. Use a picking and placing motion, rather than a smearing or smashing motion, to spread the rice. You also want to be careful not to get too much water on your hands or the rice and nori will get soggy. One way to avoid this is to use plastic gloves (the rice won’t stick to the plastic as much as it would your hands). Set a small bundle of sprouts in the center of the rice with the greens pointing towards the top left corner and add a scoop of spicy salmon on top. Pick up the nori, place it in the palm of your left hand, and use your right hand to fold the bottom left corner of the nori sheet up to the middle of the top edge of the nori. Then you can use your right hand to fold the top right corner over the filling and around the backside of nori, forming the final shape of a cone. Temaki sushi should be eaten as soon as it’s rolled, otherwise, the nori will lose its crispness and it will end up chewy. It’s best for the person who’s going to eat it to roll it themselves.
Serve it With
Elevate your Spicy Salmon Temaki Sushi experience with these delightful side dishes to create a well-rounded meal. Start with a refreshing Japanese cucumber salad, a creamy Kani Salad, or a nutty Seaweed Salad. If you want more variety for your temaki, try making some spicy tuna as well. No sushi dinner is complete without a side of pickled ginger, and don’t forget to prepare a steaming bowl of miso soup to round out your meal.
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