Caitlin Atkinson
25.07.2023 - 16:59 / bhg.com
If you’re well-versed in TikTok food trends—cottage cheese, rat snacks, or boozy pineapple spears, anyone?—you may already know about the recent sushi-related food trend that influencers are trying their hand at: the sushi bake. This riff on the super popular Japanese dish is quick and easy to prepare, making the flavors of sushi much more accessible from home.
So, what exactly is a sushi bake, and is it good for you? Here’s how to get started at home if you think this trend might be for you.
Classic sushi can take so many creative forms, but it usually consists of raw or cooked fish, served with vinegar-flavored cold sticky rice. Sushi is often served one of two ways—rolled with seaweed nori or as a perfect package of fish laid over an oblong rice ball.
The sushi bake combines many of the classic aspects of sushi to create a uniquely tasty dish. It’s basically a sushi casserole, and while the word casserole may give you pause, this dish is nothing like the comfort-food classics you might be thinking of.
The most classic sushi bake is inspired by the California roll. It starts with a layer of sushi rice—flavored with vinegar, salt, and sugar—that is pressed into the bottom of a baking dish and then topped with an imitation crab mixture. The mix is often flavored with green onion, kewpie mayo, and sriracha or wasabi. It’s baked or broiled in the oven, then garnished with a variety of delicious options from spicy mayo, more green onion, and furikake (a seaweed seasoning), to avocado, cucumber, and fish roe. Most people enjoy the dish by scooping spoonfuls into seaweed snack papers, then dipping it in soy sauce or more spicy mayo, and eating it taco-style.
This deconstructed sushi dish can appear in so many different forms,
Caitlin Atkinson
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