Sushi Bake • Easy Homemade Sushi Recipe {video} • Two Purple Figs

Sushi Bake is a popular sushi recipe that was made viral on the internet. It’s like a deconstructed sushi roll that’s layered, baked and cut up. You can top the sushi bake with your favorite sauces, toppings like avocados, green onions, sesame seeds and more!  Easy, TASTY and So satisfying when you crave sushi! Full Video and details below!

We can’t resist homemade sushi recipes here. Our VIRAL Sushi Burrito is one of the tastiest and most satisfying burritos. This Sushi Bowl is like the quickest way to ever enjoy some sushi at home. Crab Sushi made into Sushi Stacks is my daughter’s favorite and such a FUN delicious recipe!

So with those, we decided to try the internet’s popular sushi bake. Since we’ve made a tutorial on how to make sushi rice here, we won’t go into it today. You can also find the spicy salmon sushi mix in that post. Or you can make the tuna marinade we used in our popular Tuna Tartare.

So What is Sushi Bake

As the name implies, it’s a sushi roll thats baked off. Think of it as layers of a sushi roll which includes seaweed, sushi rice, a type of fish (crab, tuna, shrimp, salmon etc) all baked. Once ready, you’ll drizzle your favorite sauces like Spicy Mayo, a MUST try recipe! 

Finish off with your favorite sushi toppings like avocados, green onions, sesame seeds and MORE Spicy Mayo. Perfection. That’s how easy and simple it is in concept, and below you’ll find all the details and ingredients to make sushi bake.

Ingredients You’ll Need

Fish:

• Tuna. You can use Sushi grade salmon or crab meat for this recipe.

Marinade/Sauce

• Kewpie. This is Japanese Mayo which is readily available at many grocery stores now. You can substitute it with regular mayo too.
• Sriracha. All about the spice.
• Soy Sauce. To season and flavor the fish, and add that depth of taste.

Assembly Ingredients:

How to Make Sushi Bake 

1. You’ll start by cutting the sushi grade salmon or tuna into half an inch cubes and toss it in a large bowl. Add to it the marinade ingredients which is similar to a spicy mayo sauce. Coat the fish well and set aside. 
2. Use an 8 inch or 9 inch square pan for the sushi bake, and spray the bottom with oil spray. You can likewise just brush it lightly with a layer of oil.
   
3. Now start layering the sushi rice as the first layer for the sushi bake. Press it down evenly at the bottom of your square pan over the oil. You’ll need about 3/4 th of an inch height layer of rice. 
   
4. Add the seaweed right over the pressed sushi rice and press it down. You may need to adjust for extra seaweed sheets, so cut it up and stick them together over the rice to cover the surface.
   
5. A thin layer of sliced avocados goes on top of the seaweed. While you can skip this layer, we love the texture it adds to our sushi bake. 
   
6. Then the final layer is the marinated chunks of salmon or tuna. Spread that evenly over the avocado slices in the baking pan. 
   
7. Now bake the sushi casserole for 16-18 minutes until the salmon or tuna has cooked on the top. 
8. At that point the sushi bake is ready! You can serve it and enjoy it as is , or garnish it as we have.
   
9. You’ll flip the sushi bake pan upside down to remove the whole bake from the pan one go. So flip the pan on a large cutting board and then re-flip the whole bake on to the serving plate or board. Now garnish 🙂
10. We added thinly sliced avocados, some of our AWESOME homemade Spicy Mayo, green onions sliced, diced cucumbers  and a sprinkle of sesame seeds. SUSHI PERFECTION!

How to Serve Sushi Bake

Traditionally, some love to eat sushi like a taco. So scooping up the sushi bake with some seaweed chips and enjoying them–SO GOOD! We love simply cutting them into squares and enjoying them as a fancy sushi cake slice!

Sushi Bake Variations

• Seafood. Salmon makes a great substitute here, along with shrimp (cooked), some imitation crab or real crab meat, scallops, and better off: a mix of seafood.
• Fillings. Layering the sushi casserole is completely a versatile process. You can add in some green onions, mango, eel, cooked seafood like shrimp, some tempura veggies and more. 
• Toppings. We love cucumbers, avocados, green onions and sesame along with our viral recipe for Spicy Mayo. Add pickled ginger here, and whatever more or less to your taste.
• Sauces. Spicy Mayo is a star sauce which I think is irreplaceable, however you can add in some wasabi for a twsit! Wasabi sauce is fabulous, Thai style Peanut Dressing is great or those Rice Paper Rolls- Two Dipping Sauces.

Can you make Crockpot Sushi Bake?

While I haven’t personally tested this, I can imagine it would work. You would use the crockpot as your baking dish, and assemble directly on it. You will miss out on the golden crunch tops of the oven, but it should cook nonetheless.