Easy Homemade Furikake Seasoning
Also known as Japanese Rice Seasoning, this homemade version of Japanese rice seasoning is a salty, sweet and crunchy mix of ingredients with lots of room for improvisation. With a hint of seafood from smoked and fermented bonito flakes and the slightest heat from Aleppo chili flakes and wasabi powder, use it to flavor soups, salads, sprinkle over salmon or a variety of Asian dishes.
Servings: 16 (1.5 tbsp per ser.)
Calories: 32kcal
Equipment
- 1 saute pan to toast sesame seeds
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup raw sesame seeds white (can sub black)
- 1 package Gimme Roasted Seaweed Snacks Gimme Seaweed Snacks (can sub nori sheets)
- 1 tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp white sugar (can sub coconut sugar)
- 4 tbsp bonito flakes sun-dried bonito flakes
- 1 tsp wasabi powder wasabi powder
- 2 tsp Aleppo chili flakes sub red chili flakes
Instructions
- Toast sesame seeds in preheated pan on medium-low, until they develop color but don't get overly brown, stirring all the while. They will pop like popcorn, but not break open. This makes it a little challenging so move quickly. Alternatively use toasted sesame seeds and forego this step.
- Crush the bonito flakes, and the toasted seaweed snacks into smallish flakes. Reference photos in post for sizing compared to sesame seeds. I don't worry about getting them overly small and actually add a few larger bonito flakes into the mix at the end.
- Store in an airtight container with your spices for up to a month or more. You can repurpose the little silica moisture absorbing pack from your seaweed snacks if you have it, and place it in amongst the furikake.
Notes
Customization: if you aren't a fan of seafood flavors or are a vegetarian/vegan, you can leave out the bonito flakes. Similarly you can adjust or leave out the wasabi/chili flakes if you don't like spicy foods. Furikake is not typically spicy, this is my take for flavor. If you leave out both of these, you will have a sweet/salty/sesame flavor, similar to Gomasio. This is a much simpler, but still great seasoning to have around to sprinkle on many foods.
Nutrition
Calories: 32kcal | Carbohydrates: 2g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 0.1mg | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 57mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 0.3g | Vitamin C: 3mg | Calcium: 52mg | Iron: 1mg | Magnesium: 17mg | Net Carbohydrates: 1g