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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Easy and delicious— my husband and I made these for afternoon snack. We swapped out honey and used brown sugar in the seasoning, added diced cucumber and a pinch of crumbled French’s French fried onion with the diced avocado for topping, and drizzled a sriracha spicy Mayo for color and taste on top! Shared pictures with friends who immediately wanted the recipe!
Absolutely love them, but won’t add the sesame oil. It just overpowers everything. I added some lime juice to the avocado and it really worked.
LOVE LOVE LOVE 💗
I used cubed tuna steaks and it was good as well!!!
Can you recommend a substitute for kewpie mayo?
HI Cindy, just use any regular mayo like Hellmans. I do that all the time if i’m out of kewpie. Or use avocado mayo which i like too.
Fabulous! Easy to follow instructions and delicious!!
I used a big muffin size and 1-2 muffins are enough for 1 meal!
I love these! My husband loves these! My friends love these! So easy, so delicious!
They came soooo good! Awesome recipe!
Delicious!!
I made these tonight for supper, what a hit they were! They are going to be a staple in our house, easy to make and delicious to eat.
Thank you for sharing this recipe. It was amazing!!
Hi. Do you oil the muffin tin?
I LOVE these. I’ve made them three times in the last three weeks.
These were delicious! The directions were spot on. Definitely a keeper recipe’
I made these last night. OMG. My son and husband said DEEELISH and it looked like it came from a fancy restaurant! Love, love, love your recipes!
I made these and literally everyone had them but only three left for me making them again next week this will go on rotation for sure !