This is what vegan sushi dreams are made of! This is my Crispy Rice Paper Rainbow Onigirazu!

Onigirazu is basically a sushi sandwich.

Instead of bread it uses nori and rice to encapsulate some delicious ingredients. In this case, rainbow colored ingredients!

It’s not only insanely delicious but packed with nutrition!

Made with toasted nori, organic sushi rice sweet potato, mango, avocado, cabbage slaw, a little sriracha and wrapped in rice paper.

Creating a Gluten Free “Tempura” out of Rice Paper

The rice paper not only holds it all together but when pan fried or air fried, it tastes a lot like tempura.

If you’ve ever had tempura sushi rolls, think that- but a healthier gluten free alternative, only wrapped in the rice paper!

I like to take it up a notch by adding extra crisp and crunch and flavor with sesame seeds and/or furikake seasoning!

I actually started using rice paper in lieu of dumpling wrappers or to create a crispy effect onto food before it blew up on the internet. It’s such an easy and healthy way to transform a lot of recipes!

Ingredients for this Crispy Rice Paper Rainbow Onigirazu:

Toasted Nori

Organic Sushi Rice

Rice Paper (white rice paper or brown rice work here- these are my preferred tried and tested brands)

Vegan Furikake (THIS is a real obsession, it brings this perfect savory, umami flavor to the recipe, I add to a lot of things!)

Sesame Seeds (I use a mixture of black sesame and white in this recipe, to mix in with the furikake seasoning but you can use either or. If using white sesame seeds, I recommend these, that are hulled and not already toasted)

Sweet Potato

Mango

Avocado

Cabbage Slaw

Organic Sriracha (this is my healthy sriracha alternative obsession! so much flavor!)

My favorite part of this recipe that it pairs perfectly with my sweet and savory tahini sauce! It’s made with tahini so it adds a creaminess to this recipe and has calcium and protein in it as well!

This is such an amazing summer recipe because it tastes to fresh and vibrant yet bursting with flavor!

Get the recipe for my Sweet and Savory Tahini Sauce HERE.

Making this Recipe your Own

This recipe is definitely something you can experiment with and add different veggies etc if you want! Since I think this recipe is something you’ll want to make more than once and uses fresh produce, it’s a great way to try new things and get creative!

Instead of cabbage you can add mixed greens to this. Fresh basil or cilantro also is wonderful! If you want to add more protein, you can add tofu, pumfu or some chickpea “tuna”.

Crispy Rice Paper Rainbow Onigirazu (vegan sushi sandwich)

Justine Colbert

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Course Appetizer, Main Course, Snack

Cuisine American, Japanese

Servings 2 people

Equipment

kitchen scissors

Ingredients

4 pieces rice paper
2 nori sheets
1 cup cooked organic sushi rice
1 mango, sliced
1 avocado, sliced
cabbage slaw optional but recommended, find my recipe linked above
sriracha
1 roasted or steamed sweet potato

Instructions

Use your kitchen scissors to cut in the very middle of your nori sheet, cutting halfway up. This way there can be four equal quadrants to add filling.
Place your nori sheet onto a cutting board.
Place about 1/2 cup of cooled rice onto the lower left quadrant and form into a square shape.
Top with desired sriracha amount and a thin layer of the pink cabbage slaw.
Then place slices of cooked sweet potato onto the upper left quadrant. *To cook the sweet potato, I roast in the oven for about 45 mins at 425F or peel and steam the potato.
Add sliced mango to the upper right quadrant and avocado to the lower the right.
Use two hands to carefully fold the the rice portion towards the sweet potato then fold that section to the right, onto the mango and then down onto the avocado part. (it's ok if it looks a little messy because it'll be wrapped in the rice paper.
A water to shallow plate and dip your rice paper into it for about 3-5 seconds.
Place your rice paper onto a dry cutting board and place your sushi sandwich in the middle.
Wrap the sandwich into the rice paper, carefully folding the rice paper onto the sandwich.
Soak another piece of rice paper in water and place onto the cutting board and place the sushi sandwich in the middle. Place the side down that still has some nori exposed.
Fold the rice paper over the sandwich to wrap it in a second layer.
Add a few tbsps of white and black sesame seeds and furikake to a plate. (I like to use 1/3 of each but you can just use sesame seeds or the vegan furikake for this)
Coat the rice paper coating sandwich with the sesame seed mixture.
To a saute pan, add 2 tbsp of avocado oil and turn to medium heat.
Using tongs, add the sandwich and pan fry on each side (there's technically 6 sides here) for several mins or until it brings to crisp up and become slightly golden brown.
Remove and place onto a paper towel to remove excess oil.
Serve with my sweet and savory tahini sauce or coconut aminos, or tamari (if not soy free). Enjoy!

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