THE SMILING BUDDHA ROLL!

• The Smiling Buddha Roll

This is a rare gem I found while camping in Tofino with my family, It's made at The Inn at Tough City, Tofino, BC Owner- Crazy Ron!


Ingredients:


Tuna stripes (loin, like steak tenderloin)
Panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
Japanese sticky rice (of choice)
Nori (Seaweed) sheets
Vegetable oil
Minced pickled ginger
Minced sweet mango
Minced cucumber
Thin vertically sliced strawberries http://www.buyforlessok.com/RecipesDatabase/Tips/FruitsVegetables/Preparing%20Produce/Strawberries_Sliced.jpg
Spinach? (I don't know, maybe steamed then julienned?)


Spicy Mayo sauce:
1 tbsp Mayo (of choice)
1 tsp Sriracha Sauce (Hot chilli sauce or 7 spice powder)


Kabayaki Sauce: (My favourite sauce of all Japanese sauces LOL!)
1/2 cup soy sauce
1/2 cup Mirin
1/4 cup sugar or honey


Pour everything into a sauce pan,bring to a boil then simmer on low heat for a few minutes, or until sugar dissolves. Stop the heat and cool the mixture.


Prep:


Mince pickled ginger, mince sweet mango, and vertically thin slice strawberries, then steam spinach till withered and let cool.


Make and mix sauces (Not with each other yet)


Make tuna roll with spinach inside, then cover it in a light batter, then roll it in Panko (japanese bread crumbs) deep fry in vegetable oil till tuna is cooked and golden brown.


Take deep fried tuna roll and place 2 slices strawberry a mixture of minced mango/pickled ginger, then top it off with flying fish eggs (If you like them) and sesame seeds.
Drizzle both sauces over top of the finished roll, and some on the plate to mix around for the bottom of the roll...AND WELCOME TO SUSHI HEAVEN! :)