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Shiso and Cucumber Rice Bowls
Japanese-style rice bowls: lightly seasoned rice, quick-salted cucumbers, seared salmon, and a generous shower of fresh shiso ribbons.
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Ingredients
serves 4From the garden
- 12 fresh shiso leaves, stacked, rolled, and sliced into thin ribbons · green or red both work
- 2 medium cucumbers, thinly sliced
From the pantry
- 1¼ lb salmon fillets
- 1½ cups rice · short-grain if you have it
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tsp sesame oil
- 1 piece fresh ginger, peeled and finely grated · about 1 inch
- 2 tbsp soy sauce · for drizzling
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil · for searing
- salt