You will recall my post about rice paper chips a few weeks ago, these rice paper nori bowls are a logical extension. I needed something to hold some poké salmon mix I was going to serve as quick little bites during cocktails and I thought of this version. The rice paper becomes crispy as does the nori but both will soften up depending on how long your filling sits inside. For simplicity, I used this for my poké filling and it worked out beautifully.
Rice Paper Nori Cups
A Kitcheninspirations original recipe
Makes about 16 bite-sized nori cups
Ingredients:
- 1 sheet square rice paper
- 1 sheet nori
Directions:
- Wet the nori on both sides and shake off excess water. Lay the nori onto the rice paper right to the edge (my nori was a little smaller than the rice paper, I just cut strips to fill in the edges so there is no waste). Roll the nori with a small rolling pin to make sure there are no air bubbles.
- Lightly oil the exterior of four microwave-proof pinch bowls (these will give the nori shape). Lay them open-side-down on a microwave-proof plate.
- Cut the nori into 16 squares. Lay one square nori-side down onto the outside of the pinch bowls and microwave for 30-40 seconds or until the rice paper has cooked and the squares are shaped like a bowl. Allow them to cool for a minute and then remove them from the bowls and set them open-side-up on a plate. Continue until you have cooked all the squares. Allow the Rice paper nori bowls to cool completely before you fill them with your favourite filling but don’t do it too soon as the moisture may soften the cups.
Notes:
- You can make them as large or as small as you wish. The only thing to keep in mind is that they will shrink about 40% of their original size.
- You can fill them with dips, cream cheese, deconstructed California rolls, and Steak Tartare, the possibilities are endless.
- There are many recipes online but they shallow fry them, I chose to microwave my cups. If you shallow fry them, you would have to figure out how to get them into a cup shape.
That’s actually an interesting and smart idea of using nori, and it can be an elevated way to serve some little bites. I like your suggestion to use them as a vessel to serve deconstructed Sushil and rolls as I’m a super lazy person to go through the entire process!
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How neat!
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They’re like works of art!!!
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So pretty, Eva!! And I could eat a lot of those yummy filled cups!!
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