Smoked Salmon Don

Name: Smoked Salmon Don (Sumokusamon Don)
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: Toasted white sesame seeds (iri goma) 2 Tbsp; Smoked salmon 100 g (3½ oz); Pickled capers 10; Japanese mayonnaise 2 Tbsp; Fresh lemon juice 1 tsp; Salt a pinch; Steamed rice 400 g (14 oz), at room temperature; Toasted white sesame seeds (iri goma) 2 Tbsp; Wasabi ⅛ tsp; Usukuchi soy sauce 1 Tbsp; Extra virgin olive oil 1 tsp; Fresh lemon juice ¼–½ tsp; Yellow onion 1, peeled and both ends trimmed

Sumokusamon Don

Preparation info

Serves
2

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Donburi

By Aki Watanabe

Published 2022

About

I learnt about this dish from a Japanese friend who used to stay in New Zealand. Initially sceptical about this recipe, I was amazed that it actually works! You can substitute salmon with ham if you like.

Ingredients

Yellow onion 1, peeled and both ends trimmed
Fresh lemon juice 1 tsp
Salt a

Oceania
Asia
New Zealand
Japan
Lunch
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Mix all sauce ingredients together. Set aside.
Slice onion very thinly and parallel to the lines so that you get thin strips. Soak onion strips in water for 10 minutes. Drain and pat dry.
Mix lemon juice and salt, then stir into rice and scatter sesame seeds over.
Spread onion strips over rice, then arrange smoked salmon and pickled capers on t