Spicy Salmon Rice Muffins
These bite sized sushi rice muffins were gone in minutes. My family loves sushi but I hate paying $20 per roll at the restaurant since my kids need at least 2 rolls to feel full. Yes they love to eat. This is basically a delicious alternative with a fraction of the cost.
The idea started on TikTok from a food blogger by the nam of Victoria Minell @torminell – she has some amazing recipes and I highly suggest you check her out!
If you like this recipe, you will LOVE my viral Crispy Spicy Salmon Bowls or my Crispy Salmon Tacos or my Everything Air Fryer Salmon Bowls.
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Spicy Salmon Rice Muffins
Equipment
Ingredients
- 3 sheets nori paper
- 1½ cups cooked sushi rice, cooled
Salmon:
- 1 lb salmon, skin removed + cubed small
- 2 tbs sesame oil (or olive oil)
- 1 tbs low sodium soy sauce
- 1 tbs honey
- 2 scallions, diced
- 1/2 tsp each garlic powder, onion powder, chili powder, paprika, dried oregano
- salt to taste
Spicy Mayo:
- 1/4 cup kewpie mayo
- 2 tsp Sriracha sauce
- 1 tsp honey
Toppings:
- 1/2 avocado, diced small
- 2 tsp black sesame seeds
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 400°F. Grab a scissor and cut your nori sheets into four equal squares.
- Toss your cubed salmon in a bowl with all of the rest of the salmon ingredients and coat. Marinate for up to 4 hours.
- To each nori square, add about 1 heaping tablespoon of rice and spread out slightly. Transfer the square to your muffin slot, pushing down gently to center the rice in the middle with the edges coming up along the sides of the slot. Grab out 4-5 salmon cubes and fill each muffin slot. Transfer the pan to your oven and bake for 15-17 minutes. Broil, if needed, at the end, to get a little tan on the salmon .. 1-2 minutes.
- Remove allow to cool slightly and top with your avocado, sesame seeds and drizzle of spicy mayo.
Spicy Mayo:
- In a small bowl, mix the kewpie mayo, sriracha and honey. Taste and adjust if needed.
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I was disappointed, they were just ok, the oregano does not belong, it is not an Asian herb, and does not blend well. The honey is not needed in the sriracha mayo, as sriracha is already sweet and it made the sauce too sweet. The cooking time was also too long and made the salmon much drier than it should be. The rice should have been seasoned with seasoned rice vinegar to give it more dimension.
Delicious!! I was looking for a variety of salmon recipes and this is a winner! It’s quick with lots of flavor and light. Thank you!
These are delicious. DE-LISH. Made these for the superbowl and had eaten 5 of them (which made me full 🤣) before anyone realized they were ready!
I’m really sorry so wanted this to be the best thing I’d ever eaten and expected to be leaving a great review especially as your recipes are so interesting and they just look stunning but they didn’t live up to expectations as I thought they would be EVEN better than raw….they weren’t…I love cooked salmon but for my taste, the already once cooked sushi rice doesn’t improve with being reheated I think sushi rice with fish is best left as raw fish and eaten cold, only my opinion and I hope others will try it at least once.
This is a great dish. Made it for dinner tonight and it was fantastic!
I’ll certainly make it again (and again and again!!)
Hi! Can we marinate the salmon overnight? Or prepare the sushi rice from the day before?
Can I substitute with tuna? Same cook time?
C
Hi! Can you reheat the leftovers the next day?
Hi! Can you reheat the leftovers the next day?
Love this recipe! I’ve made it twice now and my whole family eats it. So delicious!
A real crowd pleaser. Has anyone tried it on convection oven?
Hi! Is there a way to make these in a non spicy version? Thanks so much!!
Hi Bex, all you have to do is leave out the spicy elements of the recipe like the Sriracha.
Thank you fore recipe !!
Absolutely amazing!
Loved this recipe – I did cheat a little and use store bought sriracha mayo
Pretty darn tasty! I didn’t have any salmon so I used sushi grade tuna. The nori didnt crisp up and maybe it wasn’t supposed to, idk.
I’ll try it again!
Thank you for the fun recipe!