Making your own sushi at home? You don’t want to skip the spicy sushi sauce for those tuna rolls. It’s easy to make and requires a few ingredients. It will take your next at-home sushi night to a new level.
For months now, I have been promising my niece, Shayla, that we could make our own sushi, and for some reason, with all the people constantly in and out of our house, I felt too overwhelmed to actually do it.
Until last week. We finally went out in search of the tools we needed and the freshest fish we could find, which tends to be hard to do in the Midwest.
More dairy free condiments: homemade aioli / homemade tartar sauce / homemade cocktail sauce / dairy free ranch dressing
We stopped at several Asian grocery stores, where we sampled an unusual fruit juice, which turned out to be disgustingly sweet and somehow familiar. Then we drove across town to the grocery store with the best fish in town. It literally took us all afternoon. So, we ended up delaying our sushi making until the next afternoon.
The reason I tend to dread projects like making sushi is completely my fault. I always take things one step too far. Like, I couldn’t just stick to one type of fish. I had to get tuna, salmon and crab. And, we just had to make our own spicy sushi sauce – totally my sister’s idea.
The sushi turned out great, but the best part was how spot-on this spicy sushi sauce ended up being. Plus, it was the easiest thing we made that day.
I’m really glad my sister suggested making it. She figured out the perfect combination of ingredients, and it tasted really great on our rolls.
So how do you make spicy sushi sauce?
Spicy sushi sauce is literally just a few pantry staples mixed together: mayonnaise, Sriracha sauce, lemon juice and sesame oil. I whisked it together in a bowl and that was it.
If you want to take it to another level, try putting your spicy sushi sauce in a squeeze bottle so you can make pretty drizzles on top of the rolls, and then all you have to do is pop it into the fridge to save the leftovers.
Spicy Sushi Sauce
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Total Time: 5 minutes
- Yield: about 2/3 cup
Ingredients
- 2/3 cup mayonnaise
- 2 tablespoons Sriracha sauce
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon sesame oil
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the ingredients until smooth.
Nutrition
- Calories: 0
- Sugar: 0 g
- Sodium: 0 mg
- Fat: 0 g
- Saturated Fat: 0 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 0 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 0 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 0 g
- Cholesterol: 0 mg
Last Updated on May 21, 2020 by Melissa Belanger
This spicy sushi sauce looks so easy to make! We love it!
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I eat sushi WAY too often… my wallet one of these days is going to disown me! And the spicy sauce is one of my favorites (well that and eel sauce)! I love the stuff so much I could literally just eat it by the spoonful, although that’s probably not the healthiest idea in the world. 😉 yours looks PERFECT! Smooth, spicy, creamy, and dreamy! Plus your sushi looks delish! Thanks for sharing the yum! I’ll have to try out your recipe! Can’t wait! Cheers!!
I wish I ate sushi more! The money is half the reason we don’t get it more, but I did go through a bit of an obsessive period after I had Ellie. I think I took it too far and haven’t been in the mood for it lately! This was the first time I’d had it in months! But you should definitely try the spicy sauce. It’s great!
Be careful when you say gluten free. Srirasha sauces are not all gluten free. Check your labels.
I don’t think I said this sauce was gluten free. We don’t eat a gluten free diet, and would never assume to know what is gluten free and what isn’t.
Great sauce recipe! I find the hardest thing about making sushi is the rice, here is an authentic recipe that tastes just like restaurant sushi rice!!
http://www.allaboutsushiguide.com/sushi-rice-recipe.html
I tried it and it blew my mind that anything can be that good
It’s Pretty good…
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It’s important to use kewpie Japanese mayo. I personally omit the lemon juice and add a little sesame oil and a little sugar (definitely not too much of either the oil or the sugar, a little goes a long, long way). I prefer my sauce to most restaurants.