Sushi without rice can be just as delicious as regular sushi rolls. As much as everyone loves sushi, there are also different types of sushi that can serve different types of diet and health restrictions.
There’s just too many ways to make sushi. The special thing about the history of sushi is that it shows us there’s no limit to how flavorful our food can turn out to be. This very innovative process changes how we think of ‘sushi’.
Meanwhile, if you’re deciding to make sushi this post can also provide you with creative examples you can try at home.
Sashimi-Raw Sushi Fish
For those who have never heard of sashimi, it is simply edible raw fish meat sushi without rice and has a long history in Japan’s cultural tradition.
Most sashimi uses tuna meat, but many other fish meat can also be used as sashimi. Despite its reputation for parasites by the news media, sushi sashimi is actually very safe to eat.
Tuna Tartare
Tuna tartare is a type of sushi without rice made from raw tuna that is diced up into chunks.
Then the diced raw tuna meat is piled together and made into a cylinder shape, along with ginger or lime juice to highlight the meat’s natural flavor.
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- Tuna Tartare: The Complete Guide
- Tuna Tartare in sesame ginger sauce
- Asian Tuna Tartare Recipe — Eric Ripert | Food & Wine
Tekkadon Sashimi
This is another type of sashimi dish that is made up of fish meat, and vegetables.
While many restaurants serve it with rice, the great thing is that you can always ask the chefs in these Japanese restaurants to simply serve without the rice base.
Also the bowl Tekkadon fish meat can be added with condiments like wasabi and spring onions to give the dish extra flavors.
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Tuna Tataki
Tuna tataki is cooked by searing the outside of the raw fish meat with steaming heat, and it oftentime drizzles with additional flavors like ponzu sauce or citrus based soy sauce.
There’s not much fishy taste to the meat after it is served with added condiments. Instead it has this natural meat aroma with the sashimi.
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Regular Sushi Without Rice
If you’re looking for other alternatives this section will provide info for making sushi with healthy ingredients like green veggies, cucumbers, and others.
Traditional sushi that is popular in many restaurants relies heavily upon the use of rice.
While there’s also just as many ways to exploit the already available ingredients at your homes to create sushi without rice that is simple as well as flavorful.
Enoki Mushroom Sushi
This type of sushi without rice uses enoki mushrooms as part of the sushi roll, which is popular in many Asian cuisines not just for making sushi.
Moreover, besides giving the roll extra crunchiness the mushrooms have awesome antioxidant benefits. As well as being rich in fiber and vitamin B.
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Temaki Roll
Temaki or Hand Roll is a special sushi that’s wrapped into a cylinder shape like a closed ended burrito made using seaweed nori.
What’s special about the Temaki is that you can put any ingredients inside you want such as crab meat, vegetables, or fish meat.
It’s so easy to make that anybody can learn how to make this sushi in seconds with the leftover ingredients in the fridge.
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Cucumber Sushi Roll
The recipe is done using at-home ingredients such as cucumber, carrot, avocado, etc.
Also the rolls are very low in calories and low in carbs.
It doesn’t take much effort to make them by cutting the cucumber into thinly sliced ribbons. Plus it really stands out if you make them for a party.
It is even easier if you have a slicer at home or vegetable peeler (Note: Affiliate Links) that is convenient for cutting the cucumbers into strips.
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Here’s a video on how to use a knife to make the cucumber ribbons:
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NARUTO ROLLS
At first I really can’t seem to figure out what’s the difference between Naruto Rolls VS. Cucumber Rolls. Since both the rolls are wrapped with cucumber ribbons instead of seaweed nori.
From their appearances the main difference is that Naruto Rolls are a more traditional kind of sushi roll. The Naruto Roll uses raw fish meat and veggies like avocado.
While they are both a type of sushi without rice, Cucumber Roll adds more variety to its use of ingredients.
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No-Rice Sushi Rolls
Different from the other recipes, this recipe adds the use of a little fried eggs to the mix. By using the seaweed sheets as the first layer of the roll, then laying on top the cooked eggs.
An advice on this recipe here is to first let the fried eggs cool off a bit before placing them on the nori. Since intense heat will make the seaweed sheet a little soft. So when you roll, the nori will easily rip apart.
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Cleansing Sushi Roll
This time the recipes will feature the use of kale as both an ingredient inside the sushi roll and how it can be used as a replacement for seaweed nori.
This veggie is filled with vitamins and fiber that are great for pushing your body towards a healthy direction.
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Sushi Roll Without Sushi Rice
This sushi roll has the use of surimi which is also used as ingredient in Kani Tempura Roll. As will as sushi fish meat, cucumber, and avocado.
An important tip when buying the fish meat is to make sure that the meat is the right kind of meat for making sushi. Since not all types of fish are suitable to be eaten raw.
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PALEO CALIFORNIA ROLLS
This sushi is packed with a variety of ingredients ranging from red bell pepper to some sweet mango.
Large enough to make dish of these rolls as a meal for dinner with your family. Also pretty simple to roll up the sushi as a quick snack by preparing the ingredients ahead of time.
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SMOKED SALMON PINWHEELS
This recipe is so creative with its use of salmon as the replacement for seaweed nori that I thought I had to share it with the readers.
Besides how appetizing the smoked salmon looks, the roll is very low in carbs yet very protein dense to make you feel full afterwards.
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