Salmon Sushi Cups

The concept for these Salmon Sushi Cups seems to have originated on TikTok about 2 years ago and they combine all those favourite, classic ingredients of sushi in a bite sized form that makes for a delicious snack on the go, party canapé or a pretty healthy lunch box meal.

You will need a cupcake or muffin tin and line it with overlapping squares of seaweed or nori. Then fill each cavity with the rice and seasoned salmon. Pop it in the oven or air fryer to bake for about 10 minutes until the edges are crisp and the salmon cooked. All that is needed then is to garnish with sesame seeds and chunks of avocado or any other garnish of your choice.

I like to season the salmon with a marinade of mayonnaise, gochujang, honey, soy sauce, garlic and sesame oil for a delicious punch of flavour. Delicious!

To ensure the bottoms of the cups are not soggy and wet make sure the rice is nice and dry and that the salmon is just coated with the marinade  and not swimming in it. You can always add a splash of left over marinade as part of the garnish.

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Salmon Sushi Cups

All those favourite ingredients of sushi in a bite sized form that makes for healthy lunch box meal or snack on the go

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Prep Time 15 minutes mins

Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Appetizer

Cuisine Asian

Servings 12 cups

Calories 220 kcal

Ingredients

  

• 500 g salmon fillet skin removed
• 6 nori sheets seaweed
• About 1 ½ cups cooked and cooled sushi rice
• 1 large avocado cubed
• Sesame seeds to garnish
• Sliced spring onion to garnish
• Sauce :
• 3 tbsp mayonnaise
• 2 tbsp gochujang
• 1 tbsp honey
• 1 tbsp soy sauce
• 1 clove garlic
• 1 tsp sesame oil

Instructions

 

• Cut the salmon in cubes of about 1 1/2 cm
• Make the sauce by mixing the mayonnaise, gochujang, honey, soy, garlic and sesame oil until combined
• Place the salmon in the sauce and let marinade for 30 minutes
• Preheat the oven to 200 degrees C
• Use a scissor and cut each nori sheet into 4 squares
• Take 2 squares, place at an angle from each other and line a muffin tin with the nori squares.
• Spoon the sushi rice into the moulds
• Spoon the salmon cubes on top of the rice
• Bake for 8 - 10 minutes until the salmon is cooked and just beginning to char on the corners
• Let the cups cool for a few minutes
• Tilt the muffin tin and using a spoon, carefully remove the cups from the moulds
• Drizzle with any leftover sauce and garnish with avocado, sesame seeds and spring onions
• You can make these in the air fryer using dariole moulds and cook them in batches

Keyword nori, salmon, sushi