These Dynamite Shrimp Sushi Jars are great for meal prep. They're topped with a delicious sauce and include your favourite sushi fixings!
Ingredients and substitutions
- Cooked shrimp – you can also use raw shrimp and boil it before making this recipe or use frozen cooked shrimp and defrost it.
- Sliced red cabbage – green cabbage would also work or you can use a bagged coleslaw mix.
- Diced cucumber – feel free to swap out for another veggie of your choice like bell peppers.
- Carrot matchsticks – swap out for another julienned veggie of your choice.
- Seaweed salad – you can buy this pre-packaged at your local Asian grocery store or by the sushi counter at your local grocery stores.
- Nori – substitute for soy bean sheets instead.
- Sriracha – Sambal Oelek would also be good in this recipe or you can leave this out if you don’t like spice.
- Soy sauce – tamari or coconut aminos are the best substitutes here.
- Sushi rice – you can use any rice of your choice but sushi rice will provide the most authentic flavour.
How to make dynamite shrimp sushi jars
- Make the sushi rice.
- Assemble your ingredients.
- Layer the ingredients in the jars.
- Store in the fridge.
- When you’re ready to eat, dump in a bowl and dig in!
Recipe tips & tricks
Here are some of my top tips for making these dynamite shrimp sushi jars:
- If you're serving this recipe right away, make breaded dynamite shrimp instead of regular shrimp.
- Adjust the amount of sriracha based on your spice tolerance.
- If you can't find sriracha, use a hot sauce of your choice like Sambal Oelek.
- Use sweet chili sauce instead of sriracha for a sweeter option.
- Try out different toppings like avocado, bell peppers, bok choy, green onions and more.
Frequently Asked Questions
These dynamite sushi jars are eaten cold, like you would eat traditional sushi.
I use 16 oz. mason jars for this recipe. They're the perfect size for storing all the components of these deconstructed sushi rolls!
You can normally find seaweed salad in your grocery store's prepared food section, near the sushi counter. You can also find it at your local sushi restaurant! If you can't find any, feel free to leave the seaweed salad out altogether.
Sushi rice will provide you with the most authentic flavour, but you can use any rice of your choice for this recipe. You could even leave the rice out altogether or use cauliflower rice for a low-carb option.
If you don't have sriracha, you can easily substitute it for any hot sauce of your choice. Sweet chili sauce would also be delicious!
Storing these sushi jars
You can store these dynamite shrimp sushi jars in the fridge up to 5 days. They are SUPER low maintenance because you don't even have to reheat them or anything – just eat them cold as you would sushi.
To serve, you will likely want to pour your jar into a large bowl, then toss the ingredients together from there. Mason jars are too hard to eat out of, even if they help to prevent the ingredients from spoiling.
Freezing components of this recipe
Unfortunately, you can’t freeze these dynamite sushi jars whole, but you can freeze components of this recipe for easy prep later on. Raw or cooked shrimp will last in the fridge for up to 6 months (as long as it hasn’t already been frozen and defrosted), and cooked sushi rice will last in the fridge for up to 12 months.
When you’re ready to assemble your jars, let the shrimp and rice defrost in the fridge overnight. Assemble your jars with all your favourite toppings and dig in!
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Dynamite Shrimp Sushi Jars {Meal Prep}
Ingredients
- 1 lb cooked shrimp (alternatively you can use raw shrimp and boil with shells on for 1-2 min)
- 1 cup sliced red cabbage
- 1 cup diced cucumber
- 1 cup carrot matchsticks
- 1 package seaweed salad
- 1 sheet nori, cut into thin strips
- sesame seeds to serve
- Sriracha to serve
- 1 tbsp soy sauce or tamari or more to taste
Sushi rice
- 1 1/2 cups water
- 1 cup cooked sushi rice (aka sticky rice)
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp rice wine vinegar
- 1 tbsp white sugar
Instructions
- Cook sticky rice with water, butter & salt according to package directions on the stovetop or in a rice cooker. When finished cooking, add rice vinegar and sugar, mixing together well. Set aside and let cool.
- Assemble ingredients and add to jars, layering the following order: soy sauce (to taste), shrimp, cucumber, red cabbage, carrots, seaweed salad, sushi rice, nori strips, sesame seeds and Sriracha.
- Jars keep in the fridge up to 5 days. To serve, dump into a large bowl and enjoy!
Comments & Reviews
mmbgt6 says
Looks delish! I think I’ll substitute the rice with cauliflower rice instead.
Tania Winstead says
So I prepped these yesterday and had one today. The rice is hard after refrigerating so it’s not a good eat while cold. Maybe next time I won’t add the rice to the jar and heat that up separately. But it did have a good flavor and I will definitely try again with a few tweeks. Thanks for the recipe.
Kelsie says
This may be a silly question, but is the nutrition facts based upon a single serving?
Thanks in advance!!
Taylor Stinson says
Hey Kelsie! Not silly at all! Yes, the nutrition facts are for one serving.
Cara says
When you dump it out do you heat it? Or eat the dish cold?
Taylor Stinson says
You eat the dish cold 🙂
Angelica Pizano says
What size jar did you use? Is it pint size?
Taylor Stinson says
I used 16oz jars 🙂
Lyndsay says
How many points? These looks delicious
Taylor Stinson says
Hey Lyndsay – from what I can see using this calculator it’s 9 smart points, probably closer to 5 freestyle points. If you have the weight watchers app you may need to input everything to get a more accurate score. Hope this helps! http://www.calculator.net/weight-watchers-points-calculator.html?w5energy=440&w5energyunit=1&w5sugar=4&w5sugarunit=1&w5sfat=1&w5sfatunit=1&w5protein=16&w5proteinunit=1&caltype=5&x=69&y=15#smartpoint
Tammy says
How much soy sauce is a good amount without being to salty
Taylor Stinson says
I usually put in about a tablespoon Tammy!
Joan says
I wish I had seen this I put in 2T and it was way too salty.
Taylor Stinson says
It does say to taste, but I will amend the recipe to say 1 tbsp.
Bernadette says
This looks amazing, will definitely try! What size jar do you use?
Mandy P says
Do you make your own seaweed salad? I’ve never seen it in stores before
Taylor Stinson says
Hey Mandy! I don’t make it myself – I’ve found it in the sushi section/bar area of many different grocery stores near where I live. It’s usually a section where they do prepared foods including sushi rolls. Alternatively, you could get an order from your local sushi joint or you could just leave it out altogether. You’ll still get the flavour from the nori sheets (the dark seaweed paper that you should be able to find in the Asian sauces section of your local grocery store)
Jaclyn says
Okay! These look AMAZING! Going to have to make these as part of my weekly meal prep!
Taylor Stinson says
Thanks so much Jaclyn <3