The Best Sushi Bake - Lion King Roll Made Easy

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This is the only sushi bake recipe you need. This recipe does not contain any cream cheese, and is bursting with flavor. This is my version of sushi bake, lion king style.

Prep Time 5

Cook Time 20

Total Time 25

Ingredients

For the Sushi Rice

▢ 4 cups cooked rice or (2 cups uncooked)
▢ 3 tbsp Rice Vinegar (Seasoned)
▢ 1 tablespoon Mirin

For the Unagi Sauce or Unagi sauce

▢ ¼ cup Soy Sauce – Low Sodium
▢ ¼ cup Mirin Rice Seasoning
▢ 2 tablespoon Mirin Cooking Sake
▢ 3 tablespoon sugar
▢ 1 teaspoon Hondashi Bonito Stock

For the Spicy Mayo or Sriracha mayo

▢ ½-1 tablespoon Sriracha
▢ 2 tablespoon Kewpie Mayo
▢ ¼ teaspoon Sesame Oil (optional)

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Instructions

For the Sushi Rice

Cook 2 cups of sushi rice
Once the rice is cooked add:
3 tbsp Rice Vinegar (Seasoned), 1 tbsp Mirin
Mix together, and Set aside

For the Crab Mix

Season 2 salmon filets with salt and pepper and cook in the air fryer or oven at 400 for 10 minutes
Into a bowl, shred 6 imitation crab sticks and add the cooked salmon.
To the Crab and Salmon, add:
⅓ cup Kewpie Mayo, ⅓ cup sour cream, 1 tsp onion powder, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp garlic salt
Mix together and set aside

For the Unagi Sauce (Optional recipe below) or use premade Unagi sauce

Into a small pot, Combine:
¼ cup Soy Sauce – Low Sodium, ¼ cup Mirin Rice Seasoning, 2 tbsp Mirin Cooking Sake, 3 tbsp sugar, 1 tsp Hondashi Bonito Stock
Bring to a boil and simmer on medium for 3-5 minutes until the sauce starts to slightly thicken. Set aside

For the Spicy Mayo (Optional recipe below) or use premade Sriracha mayo

Combine the following:
½-1 tbsp Sriracha , 2 tbsp Kewpie Mayo, ¼ tsp Sesame Oil (optional)
Mix well

Assembling the Sushi Bake

Smooth Sushi rice into a flat layer in the casserole dish
Add a layer of furikake to the rice
Pour the Unagi sauce over the rice
Spread on the crab mix
Add your final sprinkle of Furikake ( Add a design if you're feeling fancy)
Cover with foil and Bake at 400 for 10 minutes
Drizzle extra Kewpie Mayo on top after cooking (optional)

For the toppings

While the sushi bake is in the oven, you can prepare your toppings.
Cut the seaweed sheets with scissors into quarters
Slice avocados, cucumbers and Jalapenos (if using)
Enjoy!

Notes

Notes: We usually top with avocados, cucumbers, spicy mayo, jalapenos and serve with a side of soy sauce and wasabi for dipping. Some other options for toppings are fried garlic, tempura crunchies or tobiko.

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