Ingredients
6 servings
- •cooking spray
- •3 sheets nori (dry seaweed), quartered
- •1.5 cups warm cooked sushi rice
- •1 teaspoon seasoned rice vinegar
- •0.333 cup Japanese mayonnaise (such as Kewpie®)
- •1 tablespoon Sriracha chile sauce
- •1 tablespoon seasoned rice vinegar
- •1 tablespoon soy sauce
- •1 pound uncooked medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
- •0.333 cup seasoned panko bread crumbs
- •1 tablespoon canola oil
- •0.5 tablespoon white sesame seeds, toasted
- •0.5 tablespoon black sesame seeds
- •2 tablespoons thinly sliced scallions
- •0.5 avocado, finely chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly spray a muffin tin with cooking spray.
- Spread rice in an even layer on a rimmed baking sheet to cool slightly, and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of the rice vinegar.
- Stir together mayonnaise, Sriracha, and remaining 1 tablespoon rice vinegar in a medium bowl, until combined. Transfer 1/4 cup of the mayonnaise mixture to a separate small bowl; reserve for later.
- Stir soy sauce into remaining mayonnaise mixture in medium bowl; stir in shrimp until coated.
- Place a nori square into each prepared muffin cup. With damp hands, toss rice on rimmed baking sheet to separate grains. Top each nori square with about 2 1/2 tablespoons of rice, and press into bottom of muffin cup. Top each with about 3 shrimp; discard any remaining mayonnaise mixture from bowl of shrimp.
- Stir together panko and canola oil in a small bowl. Bake shrimp cups in preheated oven 8 minutes; remove from oven, and sprinkle with a large pinch of panko mixture. Return to oven, and bake until shrimp are cooked through and panko is golden, 6 to 7 minutes longer.
- Carefully remove cups from muffin tin and place on a platter. Drizzle with reserved mayonnaise mixture, sprinkle with white and black sesame seeds and scallions; top with avocado. Serve hot.
Nutritional Facts
Per 6 servings
- Calories: 288
- Carbohydrate: 18g
- Fat: 17g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 18g