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What are sushi donuts?
Sushi is a traditional food that has been around for thousands of years and the process of making sushi has been a serious Japanese tradition. However, with sushi becoming mainstream internationally, chefs have been looking to make the classic dish even more exciting…cue the sushi donut.
A sushi donut is a sushi roll assembled into the shape of a donut (like how a sushi burrito is sushi in the shape of a burrito). It’s typically made of a small donut-shaped base of sushi rice topped with the same ingredients found in American-style sushi. Although it is usually small enough to fit in the palm of your hand and can constitute a healthy meal, a rare table-sized 66,982 calorie monstrosity topped with everything from bacon to other rolls of sushi has been known to exist…
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Sushi donuts have been filling Instagram feeds since early 2016, but have not been served to the public until later that year. Sam Murphy (@sobeautifullyreal on Instagram) and Andy Nguyen (co-founder of Project Poke) have been credited with inventing these vibrant, eye-catching savory bites.
Where can I get it?
Various restaurants have tried their hand at making these donut-shaped rolls. Here are several of them that have done it successfully over the years. (Note: Contact specific locations directly to find out if they are still open and serve sushi donuts.)
Dallas, TX: Poke Bop
New York, NY: Poketeria
Los Angeles, CA (Fountain Valley): Project Poke
Portland, OR: Wasabi Sushi PDX
Tampa, FL: SoHo Sushi
Looking for more places that serve sushi donuts? You can find them on Glutto right here.
How can I make it?
Sushi donuts can be pretty easy to make if you use this hack/recipe instead of making it from scratch. Feel free to save it for later on Glutto as well.
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sushi donut
Ingredients
- 1 pack of nigiri (at your local market/sushi restaurant) or get these two nigiri ingredients separately:
- 1 cup sushi rice or brown rice (cooked)
- 1/4 lb. sushi grade salmon or tuna
- 1 avocado
- 1 cucumber
- black and white sesame seeds (or pick either one for strikingly white food or black food)
- wasabi and gari (ginger)
- toasted sesame oil (for coating the pan)
- low sodium soy sauce (for dipping)
Instructions
- If you have store-bought nigiri, separate the fish from the rice. If you bought separate ingredients, slice the sushi grade fish into small thin pieces.
- lightly oil the donut pan
- fill the donut pan with cooked rice and pack it tightly to form a donut shape; set aside
- slice the avocado and cucumber into thin slices that are half the length of the rice donuts
- remove the donut shaped rice from the pan
- on one side of the rice donuts, drape an overlapping layer of sliced fish, avocado and cucumber; top the other side with sesame seeds
- garnish plate with wasabi and gari (ginger)
- dip in soy sauce and enjoy
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