No-Fuss Sushi

Written by Guest post on Wednesday, 16 March 2022.
Tagged: fish, healthy cooking, healthy eating, nutrition, vegetables

Ready In: 32 minutes
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cooking Time: 12 minutes
Serves: 4

This meal is based on a couple of cans of tuna plus rice, edamame, avocado and cucumber, and is ready in a jiffy. Easy. If there are only two of you, either halve the recipe or save the leftovers for another meal.

Ingredients

1 cup frozen edamame (young soy beans), defrosted
200 g tinned tuna, drained
1 avocado, diced
8 nori chips or 1 nori sheet, cut into 8 pieces
1 Lebanese cucumber, sliced into thin ribbons
1 tablespoon salt-reduced soy sauce
2 cups cooked brown rice
1 tablespoon sesame seeds, black or white
OPTIONAL
Wasabi
Pickled Ginger

Nutrition per serve

1255 kJ (240 Calories), 17 g protein, 9 g fat (including 2 g saturated fat), 33 g carbohydrate (including 2 g sugars), 8 g fibre, 235 mg sodium. Read our nutrition rating system.

Directions

Arrange ingredients evenly among 4 individual plates or bowls.
Drizzle with soy sauce and sprinkle with sesame seeds to serve.

Variations

To transform this into a poke bowl, substitute diced raw tuna or salmon for the tinned tuna.
To save time, you can buy pre-cooked brown rice in sachets, or even cook the rice the night before so you’re ready to assemble. Or use the rice that’s left over from another meal.
To save time, buy frozen pre-shelled edamame.