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Japanese-style Smoked Salmon Sushi Bowl with Sesame
Make a Japanese sushi bowl at home! Top fluffy brown rice with responsibly-sourced smoked salmon, pickled cucumber, tangy kimchi and tenderstem broccoli. Creamy avocado and crunchy sesame seeds finish it all off.
High protein
8 plants
Low sat fat
Serving size
Ingredients
- 1 tbsp chilli paste (Red Chilli Puree, Olive oil, White wine vinegar, Sea salt)
- 1 unwaxed lime
- 1 tbsp tamari (Soya) (water, soybeans, salt, spirit vinegar)
- 25g honey
- 1 garlic clove
- 2 mixed vine tomatoes
- 240g Tenderstem broccoli
- 1 avocado
- 200g brown rice (100% Brown Rice)
- 1 cucumber
- 400g smoked salmon (Fish)
- 1 tsp sesame seeds (Sesame) (white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds)
Nutritional Information
Calories: 550
Protein: 31g
Carbs: 51g
Fat: 24g
Japanese-style Smoked Salmon Sushi Bowl with Sesame
Make a Japanese sushi bowl at home! Top fluffy brown rice with responsibly-sourced smoked salmon, pickled cucumber, tangy kimchi and tenderstem broccoli. Creamy avocado and crunchy sesame seeds finish it all off.
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Cooking Instructions
Before you start
- Bring a large saucepan filled with salted water to a boil
- Pull out a sieve, a grater, a peeler, a medium bowl & a small bowl
Cook the rice & broccoli
- Add the rice to the saucepan and boil for 25-30 mins, until cooked
- Meanwhile, trim the broccoli
- In the final 3-4 mins, add the broccoli to the rice pan, then drain together
Prep time
- Thinly slice the avocado. Cut the tomatoes into wedges. Zest and halve the lime
Make the quick pickled cucumber
- Peel the cucumber into ribbons, then place into the medium bowl, along with the chilli paste (to taste) and a pinch of salt
- Squeeze in the juice from the lime, mix and set aside to pickle
Dressing time
- Finely grate the garlic
- Add the tamari, the honey and a pinch of the grated garlic (to taste) into the small bowl. Add 1 tbsp oil and mix well to combine
Plate up
- Stir the lime zest into the cooked rice, then serve into bowls, topped with the smoked salmon, broccoli, cucumber, tomatoes and avocado. Drizzle over the dressing and sprinkle with the sesame seeds
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