Wild Crab & Avocado Sushi Bowl with Spicy 'Mayo'

Wild Crab & Avocado Sushi Bowl with Spicy 'Mayo'

Your favourite sushi roll, but make it bowl-sized. Start with brown rice for the base. Top with sustainably-sourced crab meat, creamy avocado and chunky pak choi. Finish with a kick of spicy 'mayo' and a sprinkle of furikake sesame for a savoury crunch.

1/3 daily fibre 8 plants

Serving size

Cook time: 30 mins
Cuisine: Japanese
Food group: Shellfish
Allergens: Crustaceans, Soya, Sesame

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Cooking Instructions

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Before you start

  • Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
  • Pull out a sieve, a grater, a medium bowl & 2 small bowls

Get started

  • Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked
  • Trim and cut the pak choi into bite-sized pieces
  • Add the pak choi to the rice in the final 2 mins of cooking, then drain together and return to the pan

Make the pickled cabbage

  • Meanwhile, zest and halve the limes. Trim and finely slice the cabbage
  • Add the cabbage to the medium bowl, squeeze in the juice from 1 lime and season generously with salt. Mix and leave to pickle

Make the spicy 'mayo'

  • In the small bowl, mix the yoghurt, chilli paste (use half for less heat), half the tamari, juice from the remaining lime and both packs of ginger & garlic paste

Dress the crab & finish the prep

  • Deseed and finely dice the chilli
  • In the other small bowl, combine the crab, lime zest and chilli (to taste). Season with salt and pepper
  • Dice the avocados into 1cm cubes. Slice the cucumber into 1/2cm half-moons

Plate up

  • Add the remaining tamari to the pak choi rice and stir to combine
  • Serve the pak choi rice into bowls, topped with the cucumber, pickled cabbage, avocado and crab. Drizzle with the spicy 'mayo' and scatter over the furikake

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