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Crispy Salmon Rice Bowl

Servings 2
This crispy salmon rice bowl is a healthy, quick, easy meal for lunch or dinner. It is packed with flavor, cooked to perfection, hits all the textures, and is completely satiating. 

Ingredients

  • 1 lb Wild Salmon
  • Chipotle spice seasoning
  • 1 Tablespoon avocado oil
  • Sea salt
  • Rice, white or brown
  • Spicy chipotle mayo
  • Avocado
  • Cucumber
  • Cilantro
  • Scallions (green onions)
  • Microgreens
  • Furikake (pre-made mix of white and black sesame seeds, ground-up sea vegetables, salt and pepper)
  • Roasted seaweed sheets

Instructions 

  • Make ahead of time: The star sauce for this recipe- Homemade Spicy Chipotle Mayo. 
  • Prep the cucumber match sticks, chopped cilantro, sliced greens onions, and slices of ripe avocado.
  • Cut the skin of the salmon and then cut into large cubes.  Season all sides with salt and chipotle seasoning. Heat the avocado oil in a pain, on medium heat. Place the salmon in the hot pan and wait a sear 1-2 minutes on each side or until each side is seared crispy and golden brown. Remove and set aside.
  • Use this perfect rice instant pot instructions and cook the rice.
  • Assemble the salmon bow: Rice on bottom, salmon on top, place cucumber matchsticks and avocado around the salmon and sprinkle green onions and micro greens on top and stuffed into vacant corners.  Drizzle the spicy chipotle mayo sauce and sprinkle furikake over the top.  To finish, tear up pieces of toasted sea vegetable sheets and sprinkle them over the top and tuck a couple whole ones on the side somewhere. 
  • Sprinkle of flaky Maldon salt to taste and serve with a lemon wedge or lime.
  • Optiona additional side of sauce to pour over rice and salmon: My recommendation and FAVORITE: Big Tree Soy-free teriyaki marinade (coconut aminos, salt, ginger extract, raisin juice extract, sesame oil).
  • Optional to finish: Fly By Jing Sichuan chili crisp oil.  SO TASTY. Or plain chili oil, wasabi or sriracha. 

Notes

-Avocado ripening tip: Avocado not quite ripe enough to use? Try sticking it in a paper bag with a banana.  It really works!
-I love this brand of toasted seaweed sheets to place on the side or tear up and sprinkle on top:   .  But you can also use nori or pulse. 
-Additional vegetable options: Matchstick carrots,
-What is the difference between Japanese salmon rice bowl recipe and Mediterranean salmon rice bowl?  Japanese has a few classic stable sauces or condiments that are soy based, and spicy mayo based that frequent their version of this salmon and rice dish.  Other classic Asian flavors such as ginger, wasabi or chili oil may be incorporated.  Mediterranean salmon typically has flavors and ingredients that are famous to that specific region such as olive oil, lemon, olives, herbs, balsamic, wine, capers, and vegetables such as roasted red peppers and artichoke. 
-Can I do this with canned fish? You can certainly use the instructions listed above to make a canned salmon rice bowl recipe.  The fish will taste different then pan searing it fresh but it will be delicious non-the-less. 
-To try a Smoked salmon bowl recipe: Check out this recipe for How To Smoke Salmon
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese
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