If you suck at rolling sushi, this is the recipe for you! This vegan twist on the viral sushi wrap is made using nori, tofu, rice paper, avocado, sushi rice and avocado. It’s healthy and makes for a quick, filling, fresh lunch or snack.

Cutting board with a nori sheet topped with cucumber, tofu, sushi rice and avocado.

Viral Sushi Wrap

If you suck at rolling sushi, this is the recipe for you! This vegan twist on the viral sushi wrap is made using nori, tofu, rice paper, avocado, sushi rice and avocado. It's healthy and makes for a quick, filling, fresh lunch or snack.

Course Snack

Cuisine American, Japanese

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 15

Total Time 25

Servings people

Calories 392kcal

Cost $20

Ingredients

300 g extra firm tofu pressed
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
4 sheets nori
4 sheets rice paper
1 cup sushi rice cooked to packet instructions
1 large avocado sliced
1 cucumber small, sliced
teriyaki sauce
mayonnaise plant-based
sesame seeds

Instructions

Prepare fillings

Cook sushi rice to packet instructions, slice cucumber, slice avocado. Boil kettle.

Tofu

Slice the pressed tofu into roughly 0.5cm thick strips. Layer in a baking dish and pour over soy sauce. Leave to marinate for 10 minutes.
Once the tofu has soaked up some of the soy sauce, heat a large frypan with olive oil. Once hot, add the tofu and pan fry, flipping so it cooks on both sides.
Transfer the tofu to a plate lined with paper towel to absorb any excess oil.

Assemble

Place your nori sheet onto a plate or board and have your filling ingredients ready.
Pour roughly 1 or 2 cups of boiling water into a large, open bowl (a pasta bowl works well). Carefully dip a rice paper sheet in the water then once it begins to soften, quickly place it on top of the nori sheet. *This can be a bit fiddly, try not to let the rice paper fold back on itself.
Using scissors, cut halway through the nori/rice paper sheet. Then place each ingredient in quarters of the square: sliced cucumber, avocado, tofu and the sushi rice.
Spread a dollop of mayo onto the sushi rice, drizzle teriyaki sauce over the cucumber and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
Fold the wrap over itself quarter by quarter and enjoy! See video for the folding technique.