Ikura Nigiri

Ikura is my kids’ favorite seafood. They like the “pop” in their mouths and the saltiness. In recent years, the cost of good-size salmon roe has risen substantially. A pair of ikura nigiri at a restaurant used to be $4, but now it’s between $7 and $8. So, I make my kids eat an ikura bowl (ikura over sushi rice) first to fill their bellies and then let them order ikura nigiri pieces.

We don’t just use cured ikura like many inexpensive sushi bars that serve it as-is right from the pac