Teriyaki Veggie Crunchy Roll Sushi

There is so much more to vegan sushi than cucumber rolls! This recipe is a creative twist on a classic veggie roll, complete with a homemade teriyaki sauce.

By Spork Foods,

Ingredients

Rice Ingredients:

  • 1 cup organic short grain brown rice
  • 1½ tablespoons organic rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon evaporated cane sugar
  • ¼ teaspoon sea salt

Filling Ingredients:

  • 1 small Japanese yam, roasted
  • ½ ripe avocado
  • 1 carrot, cut into thin strips
  • ½ cucumber, peeled and cut into thin strips
  • 3-4 toasted nori sheets
  • ¾ cup organic crispy brown rice cereal
  • ½ cup pickled ginger

Teriyaki Sauce Ingredients:

  • ½ cup wheat-free organic tamari
  • ⅓ cup evaporated cane sugar
  • 2 teaspoons brown rice vinegar
  • 2 teaspoons pickled ginger, diced
  • ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
  • 2 tablespoons pineapple juice
  • ½ teaspoon yuzu juice (optional)
  • 2 teaspoons arrowroot powder, plus 1 tablespoons water, whisked

Instructions

  • Roast Japanese yam at 375°F for 45 minutes, or until soft. Peel and dice when cool and set aside in bowl.
  • In a medium saucepan, add 2 cups water and rice and cook according to directions. When cooked, transfer rice into a large bowl. With a wooden paddle, incorporate vinegar, sugar and sea salt into rice until slightly sticky, stirring vigorously. Let cool. Set aside.
  • For teriyaki sauce: In small pot over medium heat add tamari, sugar, vinegar, ginger, garlic powder, pineapple juice and yuzu, if using. Whisk. Cook for about 3 minutes, add arrowroot slurry and whisk. Cook about 30 more seconds.
  • To roll sushi, place sheet of toasted nori (shiny side down) on roller. With damp hands, spread cooked rice evenly over nori, leaving ½ inch on top portion of nori bare. Sprinkle with generous helping of crispy rice cereal. Flip sushi over onto plastic wrap lined sushi roller.
  • Place small amount cooked yam, avocado, carrots and cucumber in a horizontal line, about 1 inch from base of nori.
  • Turn sushi roller with fillings vertical to your body and slowly lift sides of sushi roller while making small rocking motions to align fillings. Using roller, tuck in filling until completely closed, allowing remaining top 3 inches of nori with rice to be exposed. Now fully enclose roll and squeeze gently. Slowly rock sushi using roller, until it forms a round shape. Gently press to seal, and round out sushi. Slide onto clean surface, and with a serrated damp knife, cut into 1 inch thick slices. When serving, drizzle with teriyaki sauce. Serve with ginger.

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Jeanne

Can I sub maple syrup for evaporated cane sugar?

Megan Edwards

Hi Jeanne, Yes that would be a delicious substitute - let us know how it turns out!

Ruth

How about a YouTube video for this?your directions leave me confused.

Barre

Flipping it over sounds like ingredients are placed on both sides of the nori.

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Headshot of Jenny Engel and Heather Goldberg, founders of Spork Foods

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Spork Foods

Spork Foods is a gourmet vegan food company owned and operated by sisters Jenny Engel and Heather Goldberg. Their cookbook, Spork-Fed, is currently in stores, with a foreword by fellow sisters Emily and Zooey Deschanel. Engel and Goldberg offer vegan organic cooking classes at their Los Angeles, California, facility, and they also teach all over the country at universities, resorts, and corporations. The sisters recently launched a vegan and gluten-free menu at Four Seasons Los Angeles at Beverly Hills. Spork Foods offers catering in San Diego and Los Angeles. Find them on Instagram on Facebook.
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