Vegan Spicy “Tuna” Sushi
Ingredients
2 cups brown sushi or short grain rice¼ cup rice vinegar
2 large Roma tomatoes
½ DOLE® Lemon, juiced (about 2 tablespoons)
½ cup plus 1 tablespoon less-sodium soy sauce
1 teaspoon grated ginger
⅓ cup plant-based mayonnaise
2½ tablespoons sriracha chili sauce
4 sheets sushi nori
4 small DOLE® Green Onions, cut crosswise into 1-inch pieces
1 DOLE® Avocado, peeled, pitted and sliced
1 cup DOLE® Shredded Carrots
Pickled ginger for serving (optional)
Directions
- Prepare rice as label directs; stir in 3 tablespoons vinegar and refrigerate 15 minutes. Makes 4 cups.
- Fill a medium bowl with ice and cold water; with a paring knife, cut an X in bottom of each tomato. Heat 6 cups water to a boil in a medium saucepot over high heat; add tomatoes¬¬ and cook 2 minutes or until skins begin to peel. With a slotted spoon, transfer tomatoes to ice water; let stand 10 minutes. Peel and halve tomatoes lengthwise; remove and discard seeds. Cut tomatoes into ½-inch-thick slices; place in a medium bowl.
- Whisk lemon juice, ½ cup soy sauce, ginger and remaining 1 tablespoon vinegar in a small bowl; pour over tomato slices and let stand 30 minutes.
- Stir mayonnaise, sriracha and remaining 1 tablespoon soy sauce in a small bowl. Makes about ½ cup.
- Wrap a bamboo sushi mat with plastic wrap; place mat lengthwise on work surface and place 1 nori sheet on top. Leaving 1-inch border along top edge, spread 1 cup rice over nori. Arrange about 5 pieces green onion, ¼ avocado, ¼ cup carrot and 6 slices tomato lengthwise down center of rice; drizzle with 1 tablespoon mayonnaise mixture. Starting from nearest edge, use mat to tightly roll nori around filling. Repeat with remaining nori, rice, filling and mayonnaise mixture. Makes 4 rolls.
- Cut rolls crosswise into 8 (1-inch) pieces; drizzle with remaining ¼ cup mayonnaise mixture. Serve with pickled ginger, if desired.