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Keto Sushi (No Rice!)

keto sushi no rice on a plate
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Sakura Yubi
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Prep Time 1 hour
Assembly Time 1 hour
Total Time 2 hours
Cuisine Japanese
Course Main Course
Servings 2 servings

Ingredients

Keto Rice (Shari, シャリ)

  • 250 ml kefir cheese or cream cheese (If you are using kefir cheese, make sure it is drained thoroughly to the point where its consistency becomes similar to cream cheese. (See my kefir cheese recipe on how to make kefir cheese drier and denser.))
  • 1 pinch salt (Salt is for kefir cheese only. If you are using cream cheese, omit salt, as cream cheese already contains salt.)
  • 65 ml ground cauliflower florets (About 1/4 the volume of the kefir/cream cheese.)

Toppings (Nega, ネタ) - Use any fish, seafood, vegetables, etc. of your choice. Below are examples.

  • tuna (thinly sliced)
  • salmon (thinly sliced)
  • squid (thinly sliced)
  • steamed shrimp (thinly sliced)
  • cucumber (thinly sliced)
  • egg (thin strips (kinshi tamago, 錦糸卵))

Garnish - Optional. Below are examples.

  • salmon roe (ikura, イクラ)
  • lemon, yuzu, or other citrus fruits
  • broccoli sprouts
  • basil leaves / oba leaves / Italian parsely
  • sesame seeds
  • olives / capers
  • pink peppercorns
  • ground black pepper
  • Maldon salt or other crystal salts
  • edible gold leaf

directions
 

Making Keto Rice (Shari, シャリ)

  • Briefly cook ground cauliflower florets in a pan on low heat.
    cook ground cauliflower florets in a pan
  • Add the cooked cauliflower florets to the kefir/cream cheese.
    Kefir/cream cheese is silky smooth in texture. Adding some ground cauliflower florets into the keto rice will give a little bit of crunch and more of a satisfactory feel when you bite into the keto rice.
    Add the cooked cauliflower florets to the kefir cheese
  • If you are using kefir cheese (rather than cream cheese), add salt.
    add salt to kefir cheese
  • Mix, and we have keto rice!
    keto rice is finished

Assembly

  • Prepare the toppings and garnish.
    Prepare the toppings and garnish
  • Prepare the garnish
  • Lay a piece of plastic wrap on a table. Then lay one or two pieces of sushi toppings.
    Keep the layer of toppings thin so that they can easily bind with the keto rice after this.
    I'm making shrimp sushi in this picture.
    lay one or two pieces of shrimp on a plastic wrap
  • Lay a teaspoon to a tablespoon of kefir rice on the layer of toppings.
    Lay a teaspoon to a tablespoon of kefir rice on the layer of toppings
  • Pick up the whole thing in your hand and wrap the layer of toppings around the keto rice using the plastic wrap. Form it into a ball shape.
    wrap the layer of toppings around the keto rice using the plastic wrap
  • Form it into a ball shape
  • Take out the ball-shaped sushi from the plastic wrap and place it onto a plate.
    It’s a little messy, but somehow it works out in the end. :)
    Take out the ball-shaped sushi from the plastic wrap
  • place it onto a plate
  • Tuna sushi
    place tuna on a plastic wrap
  • making tuna sushi with a plastic wrap
  • Salmon sushi
    place salmon slices on a plastic wrap
  • making salmon sushi with a plastic wrap
  • Squid sushi with a piece of basil leaf
    Squid slices with a piece of basil leaf
  • making Squid sushi with a piece of basil leaf
  • Cucumber sushi
    placing cucumber slices on a plastic wrap
  • making a Cucumber sushi with a plastic wrap
  • Egg (Kinshi Tamago) sushi
    placing Egg (Kinshi Tamago) on a plastic wrap
  • making Egg (Kinshi Tamago) sushi with a plastic wrap
  • Voila!
    keto sushi before garnishing
  • Decorate with garnish.
    Decorate with garnish
  • Serve it with soy sauce and/or salt. Enjoy!
    Keto Sushi picked up with chopsticks

Recipe Notes

kefir cheese great for gut health

Nutrition

Serving: 1servingCalories: 206.9kcalCarbohydrates: 13.4gProtein: 18.1gFat: 8.9gSaturated Fat: 5.2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.1gMonounsaturated Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 49.7mgSodium: 11872.9mgPotassium: 131.5mgFiber: 0.3gSugar: 12.9gVitamin A: 548.4IUVitamin C: 6.6mgCalcium: 329mgIron: 0.9mg
Keyword cheese, fermented food, fish, kefir, keto, low carb, seafood, sushi
keto sushi no rice on a plate