Skip the Sushi Takeout: 5 Crispy Homemade Recipes

Sushi cravings without the takeout bill — five crispy, sushi-inspired dishes that need no rolling mat and no raw-fish skills. Crack salmon sushi cups bake glazed salmon over rice in a nori-lined muffin tin. Spicy tuna yaki onigiri stuff canned tuna and sriracha mayo into rice triangles that crisp up in the air fryer under a teriyaki brush. The crispy air-fryer sushi casserole — our most-requested sushi bake — layers seasoned rice under a creamy salmon-and-crab topping. Furikake salmon bites turn leftover rice and salmon into golden breaded balls. And sushi waffles crisp day-old rice in a waffle maker before piling on avocado butter and salt-cured salmon. Everything cooks in an air fryer, oven or waffle maker; most of it starts with pantry rice and one piece of salmon.

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The opener earns its “crack” name: glazed salmon over rice in crispy nori cups, out of a muffin tin in half an hour. The party trick of the five.

Pantry sushi: canned tuna and leftover rice, pressed into triangles and air-fried under a teriyaki brush until the crust crackles. The cheapest bite in the video.

The centerpiece — our most-requested sushi bake: seasoned rice under a creamy salmon-and-crab topping, air-fried and scooped onto crispy nori sheets.

The leftovers play: yesterday’s rice and the salmon trimmings become breaded, air-fried rice balls. If you cook the casserole first, this is what happens to what’s left.

The wildcard finish: day-old rice crisped in a waffle maker and dressed like sushi, with a whipped avocado butter that outlives the recipe as a toast spread.

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