Vegetable Loaded Sushi Donuts
You will LOVE this simple Vegetable Sushi Donuts Recipe made with only 5 ingredients!!! These are such good fun for kids big and small to whip up and great for weeknight dinners or parties that never fail to impress.
Suitable for vegan and gluten free diets. Post includes Weight Watchers points.
One kiddo looooooooves donut and the other looooooooves sushi. So I have been looking for fun, creative and rather tasty ways to combine their two loves – and the answer was vegetable sushi donut. Yeap, these certainly got the whole family cooking. And check out these other Finger Food Recipes for entertaining.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Quick and easy – You need just 5 simple ingredients, to whip up this fun eat.
- Easy but impressive – With just a little prep work and a little time you end up with an impressive dish for both busy weeknights or super fancy dinner parties.
- Scalable – You can double or triple this recipe to feed a crowd or for meal prep. I love whipping it up for girls night in, potlucks and the holidays. My teens also request this for their pyjama parties – doubles as a activity and their food. Win-win right?
- Fun – Oh the fun that both the real kiddoes and the grown-up kids have making these. I have also made sweet ones like blueberry ones, with blueberry syrup to satisfy the sweet tooth too. Oh the fun.
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Ingredient Notes
In this easy recipe, we’ll mix together sushi rice with veggies and seasoning into a delicious dish. Follow my tips on each ingredient for the best results.
- Sushi rice – Make sure you use sushi rice for this and please do read the cooking instructions well as different brands will cook differently.
- Water – Just some good old tap water for cooking the rice.
- Seasoning – My seasoning of choice is a mix of rice wine vinegar, maple syrup and mirin. Feel free to taste and adjust the seasoning.
- Vegetables – For ease I use mixed frozen veggies but have also used fresh veggies. It is super important that you cut the vegetables really small so that they
- Toppings – Toasted sesame seeds, extra scallion, extra veggies etc.
How To Make Sushi Doughnuts
Get the complete ingredients list and instructions from the recipe card below.
The vegetable sushi donuts are pretty easy to make with only 5 ingredients.
- Add rice to colander, rinse with water until the water run mostly clear and drain for about 15 minutes. Then add to your rice cooker or pot an cook according to the package instructions. In the mean time steam your veggies and set them aside.
- When the rice is cooked and cooled enough to handle, mix in the seasoning and veggies. Lightly oil the donut molds and fill them with the rice mix. Gloves will help with the sticky rice.
- Then simply turn the pan upside down onto a plate, add extra topping and you are good to serve.
Bintu’s Tips and Variations
I really love switching things up in the kitchen. Here are some tips for easier cooking and variations for you to try if you want something a little different.
- Make veggie wrapped donuts instead – Skip steaming the veggies, cook the rice, season it and make into donut molds. Then thinly slice lengthwise some cucumber, radishes, zucchini, mango, thin strips of already sliced seaweeds, etc and wrap around the donuts making sure the veggie ends are underneath the donut.
- If you don’t have a silicon mold, use a regular tin mold but cut out plastic wrap, and place in the mold first before doing the rice.
- Add fish – Feel free to wrap thinly sliced tuna or salmon around these.
- Bake them – Friends have baked the donut to make them crunchy and hold their shape before topping them with veggies. I am not a fan of the baked version tbh, but you do you and try it if you like.
Weight Watchers Points
One serving of these Vegetable Sushi Doughnuts contains 8 Blue Plan SmartPoints.
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Vegetable Loaded Sushi Doughnuts
Ingredients
- 8.8 0z (250g ) sushi rice
- 1½ cup (330ml cups) water
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 2 tbsp maple syrup
- 1 tbsp mirin
- 5.3 0z (150g) mixed frozen veggies
To top
- Extra veggies and sesame seeds
Instructions
- Wash the sushi rice and let it stand for in water for 15 mins.
- Then transfer to a pot, add the water, bring to the boil and then reduce to a simmer for 15 mins. Switch off the heat and let the rice stand covered for another 15 mins, before leaving to cool completely.
- In a small bowl mix together the rice wine vinegar, the maple syrup and the mirin.
- Add 3 tbsp of the sauce mix to the rice and stir till well combined. You can add more sauce if you wish.
- Then steam the veggies according to the packet instructions and let cool. Drain any excess moisture from the veggies before mixing them with the rice.
- Set out two 6 cups donut silicon trays and divide the vegetable sushi mixture equally between these, stuffing the rice to form a doughnut shape.
- When done carefully invert the doughnut trays to remove your sushi doughnuts, top them with extras to your taste and serve.
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very good
I want to try and make sweet sushi doughnuts with red bean as I really like the idea! Very clever!
That sounds awesome.