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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Absolutely love this recipe ! Filling, healthy, flexible (can modify macros and still amazing), and deeply satisfying. Love eating this cold as much as warm. Wonderful meal for busy work days. Has quickly become a go to recipe here
Hi m- I love love love this recipe
I don’t like spicy – so I made a mayo Unagi sauce … Yyyuuummm!!!
I also made half with Tuna and the other half with Salmon.
I am a first time nori user…if it crispy when you buy it how do you push it into the muffins cups?
Amazing, just like an expensive sushi restaurant!, I love all your recipes
Can’t wait to try this. Will this work without nori if I just put rice down then salmon on top ?
HI Kristina, I have not tried this and I don’t think it will work. The rice will fall apart…
Easy recipe to follow.. very impressive finish and so delicious !!
these are a keeper 😋
GLad you liked them! and thanks for the rating too!
I have a question. With using the cooking instructions, does that fully cook the salmon? I am not a huge fan of uncooked fish, but this sounds amazing!
Hi Cassandra, I am on the same wave length as you lol I can only eat my salmon fully cooked!
So it is safe to assume that this will be fully cooked is what you’re saying?
awesome!
Hi Debbie, Thank you for trying them out!!
Only note I would add, would be to change the prep time since the salmon needs to marinate and the rice is supposed to be cooled. Definitely not a 15 min prep if you’re including those.
Hi Christa, thank you for your feedback and trying out the recipe!
Do these reheat well? I’m making them for the first time, as we speak!
Hi Sophia! I know you will enjoy them! I don’t generally reheat fish but you can, slowly. Another thing I do is take it out of the fridge 30 minutes prior to consuming, for it to come to room temperature.
LOVE these!!!! They are delicious and when I make them, it makes me look like I know what I am doing in the kitchen!!! 10 thumbs up
Hi Allison, YOU DO KNOW what you’re doing though!!!! Glad you tried them and enjoyed them! Cheers to you!
Do you think I could use tuna steaks for this?
Hi Tanya, Yes this is such a versatile recipe!
these are so good.and recipe is so easy to follow.everytime i served them its the first one to be done and got lots of compliments.
i havent tried this recipe yet. I’m not just real fond of the Nori paper. Would the muffins form without the paper? or is there a substitute?
You can try wonton wrappers instead! or a cut out flour tortilla
These are delicious! I doubled the recipe and used the other half to mage salmon sushi bowls. They’re so good and assemble so easily! I marinated the salmon overnight.
Hi Amy, glad you enjoyed them!! Smart move marinating the fish overnight!!
Delicious
Thanks so much fro trying them !!!