This quick and easy Sushi-inspired Spicy Canned Salmon Rice Bowl makes an easy high protein, budget-friendly, 5-minute lunch, great for meal prep!
Spicy Canned Salmon Rice Bowl
This easy Salmon Rice Bowl is fast and easy, made with just a few ingredients! Salmon salad using canned salmon is the star of the dish served over brown rice (I love frozen brown rice from Trader Joes) with diced cucumbers, sriracha, scallions, and furikake or nori. I am always trying to share new, quick lunch ideas that don’t take too much time to make. Earlier this week I posted an avocado quinoa salad as a vegetarian lunch option. Like tuna, canned salmon is a great pantry staple for protein, and it’s budget-friendly. More canned salmon recipes you may like are these Waffled Salmon Cakes, or swap the tuna for salmon in this Mayo-Less Tuna Pasta Salad.
Salmon Rice Bowl Ingredients
Here are the ingredients for the salmon salad:
- Salmon: I use canned wild salmon in water because it’s so convenient. If you prefer making your own or using leftover salmon, that works too.
- Sauce: Light mayo and sriracha with a pinch of salt combine for a creamy, spicy sauce.
- Scallions: Mix the whites of the scallions in with the salmon.
Below is everything in the rice bowl:
- Brown Rice: To speed up this recipe, I use Trader Joe’s frozen brown rice, so the whole dish comes together in five minutes. It’s such a great timesaver! You can also make your own rice or use leftover.
- Cucumber: I like the crunch from the Persian cucumbers and you don’t need to peel them because the skin is thin, so it’s even quicker to prep! If you want more veggies, carrots, bell peppers, and avocado would also be good.
- Scallions: Top the salad with the greens of the scallions.
- Furikake or Nori: Sprinkle nori or furikake over the rice bowl. Nori is dried seaweed that you can crumble over the salad. Furikake is a Japanese seasoning consisting of “sesame seeds, seaweeds, herbs, fish flakes, and salt.” You can buy it on Amazon if it’s unavailable at your local supermarket.
How to Meal Prep Salmon Salad Rice Bowl
This healthy salmon rice bowl is really easy to make. There’s very little prep if you use canned salmon and frozen rice since the scallions and cucumber are the only veggies to chop. You can double or quadruple the recipe for meal prep if you want leftovers for lunches, which will hold in the fridge for up to 4 days.
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Spicy Canned Salmon Salad Rice Bowl
Ingredients
- 1 5-ounce can skinless wild pink or red salmon, in water drained
- 1 tablespoons light mayonnaise
- 2 teaspoons sriracha sauce, plus more for topping
- 2 scallions, white and greens separated
- Pinch kosher salt
- 3/4 cup cooked brown rice, heated
- ½ cup chopped cucumber, I use Persian cucumbers
- Furikake or chopped nori and sesame seeds, for garnish
Instructions
- In a small bowl, combine the salmon, mayonnaise, sriracha, scallion whites and pinch of salt and mix well.
- In the bowl you plan to serve in, add the rice.
- Top it with the salmon salad, chopped cucumber, furikake and scallion greens plus more sriracha if desired.
This is a staple lunch on rotation during the work week at our house! We’ve made it countless times, it always hits the spot, and we keep coming back to it (it’s been a few years at this point). 10/10, one of my favorite meals on this site!
I have made this more times than I can count with both the salmon, as the recipe calls for, as well as canned tuna. It is seriously one of my favorite lunches! So quick and easy and it is TASTY!
Made the recipe exactly as is and it was so tasty. I will definitely be including this meal in my go-to weekly lunch rotation. I just added half a Hass avocado on the side for extra healthy fats.
This was so good! I added some avocado as well. Thank you for such an easy and yummy recipe!
This recipe is so bomb. I’ve made it so many times! Good with canned tuna as well!
Delish and SO easy!
Just what I was looking for…easy and delicious!
Delicious, light and healthy. Great recipe.
I thought I had siracha and I don’t, anyone tried the Trader Joe’s Calabrian chilis mixed with mayo? It’s all I have on hand.
Best recipe for canned salmon!
I used canned tuna since I didn’t like the bones in canned salmon. I also pickle shredded carrots and add that on top before my furikake. It’s super filling and yummy.
You can buy boneless canned salmon!
Delish! Served with some pickled onions for tang. Thank you!
I was always scared of salmon in a can, but this is the BEST recipe ever. I was shocked, but I eat it on repeat. It is easy to make, absolutely delicious!, and has so much protein it keeps you really full. I absolutely love it. I buy the salmon from Trader Joe’s. Fantastic lunch, or light dinner! My kids ate it as well.
Made this several times and adapted it to what I have. Today, I used small turnips for the cucumber (sounds weird but it works), and also used tuna instead of salmon. Spicy and delicious. Also budget friendly!
Excellent! Tasty, quick and healthy! I used shredded carrots because that’s what I had on hand and it made a great lunch. Will be making this again for sure! Thanks for the recipe:)
This was a quick and flavorful dish to make. The Furikake made you feel like you were eating a sushi roll
Did you feel like this was still tasty eaten with cold rice or did you reheat to have it be a little warm when eating for lunch?
Thank you for this simple and very tasty recipe! I love it. I’ve made it as written but also added additional veggies and it’s wonderful every time. This is a winner!
Thanks Kamila!
What veggies work best?
Have loved this simple, healthy and wonderful tasting recipe every time I make it! Thank you heaps!
Great for meal prep lunches!!
The simplicity of this dish is perfect. Anytime dinner, quick to assemble and very tasty where you control the heat with less or more! Also quite healthy which is the reward!
I made this for dinner and I loved it! Easy to prepare and hits the spot. Will definitely be my go-to for summer!
This Is absolutely delicious! I added some avocado and grape tomatoes. It’ll definitely be my new craving!
It was excellent. I added a few more veggies; celery. broccoli and red pepper. I used walnuts and sesame seeds. I didn’t have sriracha sauce so used balsamic vinegar and tabasco.
Making again today so easy and tasty!
Delicious, quick and easy. Great for summertime.
I’m pretty sure I’ve made this recipe dozens of times now since I first stumbled on it many months ago. One of my go-to lunches or dinners when I’m solo for something quick but still high protein and tasty! When I can’t be bothered or don’t have any leftover rice on hand, I use Ready Rice in a pinch and that works great. Add in other things sometimes like edamame, thin sliced carrots, sushi ginger, etc. to keep things interesting!
Great texture and flavors – helps me forget I’m eating nutritious food. I added avocado to mine, and I tossed my cukes in rice vinegar for a few minutes while I was prepping the rest. Perfection.
Absolutely great recipe! Can’t get enough of it. So easy to make, low calorie, and very nourishing. Thank you for this recipe!
I used a spicy mayo instead of Sriracha . This is a very easy lunch meal and definitely adding to the rotation
This was quick and delicious! It’s definitely going in my regular rotation.
I expected this to be good but it far exceeded my expectations! Quick, easy, and delicious!
I improvised and used what I had – brown rice, broccoli, sweet and spicy tuna, and everything but the bagel seasoning. Delicious! This is a very flexible recipe! Can’t wait to try it with the salmon.
Wonderful for a quick lunch!! I was a little hesitant about using canned salmon. However, I put a little lemon juice on it after I drained it and added it to the other ingredients. This is a definite repeater. Would love to see more recipes like this!
Lovely combination of foods. Delicious. I used a packet of salmon.
Great recipe base idea – I used black rice, added handful of baby spinach & rocket leaves to the rice. Also put 1/4 avocado cubed and added pinch of cayenne to the furikake seasoning to top of salmon…amazing flavours! Made twice now with scallions first and red onion second time, prefer the bolder flavor of red onion. Thanks for inspiration!
This was better than I thought it would be! I added a little soy sauce to my rice (used Uncle Ben’s microwave rice) and it tasted just like sushi. Quick and healthy!
SO GOOD! I added some lettuce and edamame. So freaking good.
Very good! Tried making for a light dinner with leftover smoked salmon. Used a creamy chili honey sauce instead of the sriracha and mayo as that’s what I had on hand. Would this work with Tuna too?
Absolutely great recipe..healthy, fast and delicious.
This was amazing! I did not have the Furikake or Nori/seasonings. I also swapped the light mayo for Kewpie mayo and used the white rice I already had leftover rather than brown rice. It was so easy to adjust the sriracha quantity after mixing to reach my preferred pepperiness. I will certainly be trying this with the seaweed and Japanese seasonings, and I also plan to use sesame oil and some sushi ginger next time. This bowl can be made in so many ways! Yum! Thanks for the addition to my lunch rotation!
Very nice alternative for homemade sushi. I serve with sushi ginger on the side
All I can say is WOW! So quick, tasty, and nutritious! I used a Minute Rice wild rice cup and while that cooked, I whipped together the ingredients and had my bowl plated and ready to eat in under 3 minutes. The flavors are so yummy together, this is going to be a new lunch staple for me!
I make this almost once a week. I saw you make this on Instagram and knew it was for me! I have wild caught salmon in my pantry at all times and usually throw in a green salad or make a tuna-style salad. This recipe is a great way to switch it up for a quick lunch. I love how easy and tasty it is to make. I sometimes make a sesame dressing that I drizzle over the brown rice for more flavor, but and I do add a drizzle of sesame oil to the salmon salad, bc I love sesame oil. It is a keeper and perfect for a quick, protein packed lunch. Thanks for sharing.
Wow! I didn’t even have the right ingredients and proportions, and it came out tasty! I had less than 4 oz of salmon, and no seaweed, cucumber, scallions, mayonnaise, or sesame seeds. I substituted spinach massaged with olive oil with a dash of sesame oil and salt, and used with greek yogurt and more olive oil instead of mayonnaise. I did have everything else, though. I was doubtful as to how it would turn out with all my lacks and substitutions, but it came out great! Warm rice is key, and the sriracha and sesame are a fantastic flavor combo with the canned salmon. Bravo, it’s a winner of a recipe! I can’t wait to make it next time with the actual listed ingredients…
Love it! Always fills me up!
This was surprisingly good, and I even used salmon with skins and bones (for the added calcium). I may add some ginger next time!
Very good and easy.
I had leftover brown rice. This took about five minutes to throw together. I tripled it. It was a big hit. I had pickled red onion and fresh dill that I tossed on, too, but it would have been great without it. This will make it on my list.
I could eat this every day. I like to spoon it onto snack size nori sheets-so good!!!
If you were meal prepping this, would you heat it up? Or eat it straight out of the fridge cold?
I always heat the rice-I’ve heated the salmon too, or mixed it in cold with the warm rice (I try not to heat salmon at work since it smells fishy LOL) It is honestly good both ways.
Wow! Sooooo good! I was nervous about canned salmon — delish!! Better than tuna. And the Furikake makes it taste like sushi. Great recipe! Thank you.
Easy, healthy, and budget friendly fix for a sushi craving. I usually do less rice and add more cucumber and diced bell pepper to the bowl for more veg. I love this recipe!
Very quick and so so good.
Made this last night and it was fabulous.
One of my favourite go-tos for a perfectly delicious lunch. So so so good and so so so easy. I like to toss in a handful of edamame too….but THANK YOU for this!!!
Meal came together quickly! Great way to get some fish in during the week. Sub- quinoa.
Delicious and easy! I made these two subs only: cauli-rice and Kewpi Mayo. This was so good I can’t wait to make it again for another day – I felt like I was getting my “sushi” fix while at my own dining room table 🙂
Yum!!
Delicious and easy! I made extra rice on the first day, diced everything, and stored separately. Then I added things together each day. I couldn’t find Sriracha since there is a shortage and our local store quit selling it, so I substituted the PF Changs red chili hot sauce. I would have taken off one star off because I felt like it lacked flavor, and I had to add a little more salt and chili sauce, but it’s possible that my substitute was not good enough. I missed the kick of Sriracha!
Very good and really easy to make! I do not like fish and this was good! Husband loves salmon and spicy food so this was a hit.
There was nothing very appealing about this. Very plain and average for a recipe.
Wow this is excellent! I used leftover salmon from last night’s dinner and McCormicks Sesame Ginger Crunch seasoning for the sprinkle. Def a keeper!!
Love! Delicious and so quick! I added diced mango for some sweetness but it would be great without as well.
This is so simple, and SO good! Next time I make it (and I will!) I’m going to add some pickled ginger and a dab of wasabi.
I made this at work and it literally did take me 5 minutes! Easy and delicious-a real winner!
Easy and delicious! My favorite kind of recipe.
Love this recipe! It is quick, minimal ingredients and only “cooking” needed is for microwave rice. I add avocado or mango if I have it and always extra sriracha.
So good and easy to make. You can add as much siracha for your spiciness level and I long it hot
I’ve been diagnosed with wet macular degeneration and have found diet (seed oils, sugar and white flour and trans fats) contributes largely to my condition I’m going to go low carb/ancestral diet. Your low carb recipes look very promising!
This is becoming one of my favourites! I have used both canned and fresh poached salmon at different times and both are great. Brava Gina!
Just made for a quick dinner and my husband and I both loved it! Didn’t have cucumbers so added avocado and carrot.
Go-to weekday lunch!
I made the canned salmon rice bowl but subbed with tuna for lack of salmon. The spice in this meal gave the tuna a little something different that made it feel like a “grown-up” meal if that makes sense.
Now that I’ve finished eating, I’m wondering how it tastes with gochujang.
All in all, it was very quick to put together and I’d make it again if pressed for time.
This has become my go to lunch! I love how quick and easy it is to make and that it is so tasty. I have been adding canned salmon to my salads for a while now and this is a new and fun way to enjoy a good-for-you ingredient. I don’t usually eat over rice, but over a bed of spring greens instead. So good!
My husband and I love to double this recipe and have it as an easy dinner. We add edamame for a little something extra.
Excellent make ahead lunch! My life is too chaotic for cooking right now, and this is a delicious lunch that comes together in minutes the night before. I’m so glad that I tried frozen brown rice.
Made this tonight!! So good and so easy!!
Gina this was soooo good. As usual like all your recipes.
The only problem I had is that the market Basket where I was didn’t have canned salmon. I had to buy the package. It was fine. I did add some
Edamame Beans. Great recipe. Thank you…🤗
Love your recipes!! Looks delicious and looking forward to trying. Question however. I like watching videos of the recipe and it looks like you’re using mustard as opposed to mayo also added sesame oil?! Thanks
No mustard. Sesame seeds for garnish is always optional.
recipe says liquid aminos for paleo
another recipe i added to my list of “make again”. i also add avocado, tomatoes, cilantro if handy and marinate/dress the cucumbers time permitting
This was really tasty. I wasn’t sure what to expect with the siracha, but it is very well-balanced over all and a simple dinner to make. I would totally add this to the rotation.
So easy and delicious! Definitely adding this to my lunch meal prep rotation.
So good! The only thing I did different was used half the siracha which was spicy enough for me. Thanks for another winner!
Love this recipe, tastes so fresh! I did a few things differently:
Used 1/2 cooked white rice
Marinated the cucumber in rice vinegar and low-sodium soy sauce
Added a cup of salad greens, tossed with 1 tsp olive oil and some of the cucumber marinade.
Added some sliced avocado
Saved half the salmon mixture for a snack later
Comes to 8 WW points
Has anyone tried this either without the rice or with cauliflower rice or other substitute ? Just wondering how I can drop the carb count a bit. Thank you!
I’ve served it on a bed of spinach and it was great. I feel like that would minimize most of the carbs but I’m not sure to what extent since I don’t actually keep up with that.
I didn’t have brown rice so I just made it for lunch today using cauliflower rice and added a little soy sauce to the “rice”. It was delicious!
I have canned pink salmon, but had a craving for smoked salmon. I used that and it is so good! No need for adding salt. I will use it with the canned next time. Great recipe!
I love this recipe. It’s in constant rotation! Is the WW points with the rice? Or just the salmon mixture alone?
Hi! How is this recipe 2 points when 3/4 cup of rice is 4 points? Any help understanding this is appreciated!!
Agreed, in WW it says it is 6 pts.
First try at brown rice and it turned out ! A delicious bowl , filling and so few WW points . Perfect go to lunch .
Absolutely easy and delicious! Pleasantly surprised and will definitely have this on rotation. Made exactly as the recipe states and it did not disappoint.
Is this good for a make ahead lunch?
I made it the day before and it was great!
This was so delicious, my husband and I both agreeded it’s a keeper. In fact, I have made it several times since seeing the video on Pinterest. I’m a huge fan and have many if your books! This is an easy, healthy meal that reminded me of sushi. The texture of the rice and cucumbers and the taste of the salmon with the creaminess from the mayo and kick from the sriracha and sprinkle of sesame; it reminds me of a spicy salmon roll. Absolutely fantastic!
Thanks Kristie! Glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
One of my favorite easy meals. I’ll add what I have in my fridge, for dinner tonight I added shredded carrots and shelled edamame
I’m from Alaska and we can our own salmon every summer. Decided to try this out with some of our salmon and it did not disappoint! I did add some avocado chunks to mine!
Yum!!!
This was wonderful! Tasty, quick and healthy. Added a splash of rice vinegar. Thank you!
I made this after my workout. I didn’t have scallions, I topped it with Everything On A Bagel instead of sesame seeds. It was still good.
This was great! I didn’t have any canned salmon so I used canned tuna and it worked perfectly.
So good!! I used short grain brown rice & subbed in fat free greek yogurt for the mayo. One of my favorite lunches.
Very annoyed with the page. Trying to read the comment for variations and repeatedly tossed back to the top…even as I type. Maddening as taken about 7 tries to type this
This is amazing and is now part of the regular recipe rotation. We sub canned tuna instead of the salmon.
This was delicious. I didn’t have cucumber so added some red bell pepper. There were plenty of leftovers to have for lunch tomorrow.
Absolutely delicious!!
Gina-What brand of canned salmon do you use?
Anything with no skin or bones, such as Bumble Bee.
I’ll admit, I wasn’t expecting much when I started making this dish. I’m not a fan of canned fish, and I wasn’t sure how well the ingredients would mesh. I will say, however, that the finished product exceeded my expectations. It’s very filling and the perfect meal when you want something light, with a variety of textures. This is a fantastic lunch recipe and one that I’ll be making in the future. I really liked the spiciness.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I’m going to shop for ingredients for this today, but I’ll buy Joseph’s pita (1 point). I am definitely in the weight loss group, so this is an easy swap!
Enjoy!
Just curious how vital to the taste are the furikake or nori to the recipe? I haven’t made it yet but going shopping tomorrow and will have everything on hand and ready to go once I find out! Love those easy recipes, keep them coming!
You can just use sesame seeds if you wish!
I used everything bagel seasoning since I didn’t have the other spices. I’ve never eaten canned salmon before, not as bad as I was expecting it to be—will look for the boneless skinless next time as I didn’t know that was an option until I read these comments. Pretty tasty. Thank you.
Hi there! Love the sound of this recipe, but I’m allergic to eggs unfortunately. Do you have any thoughts of what I could substitute the Mayo with for the creaminess? I don’t know if Greek yoghurt could work? Thanks in advance if anyone has suggestions 🙂
You can use vegan mayo. It does not have eggs.
So easy and so good! Definitely will keep cans of salmon in the pantry for this protein rich lunch.
Delish!! Easy and so yummy! Thank you!!
Made this today for lunch- so quick and refreshing on a super hot day! I will probably make ahead and bring to the pool in a cooler this summer. I was out of the furikake and it still didn’t feel like it was missing anything. More easy, quick lunch options please! 🙂
I made this but used shelled edamame in place of the cucumber because I had it on hand. Great flavor in this dish, with a nice little kick.
So easy!
Made this today after eyeing it for some time. What a delightfully easy lunch to throw together! It is definitely going on the rotation! Sooooo good…..thank you for sharing!
Omg this is going to be my new go to lunch recipe!!! It is soooo good!!!
Isn’t it!!!!
So easy. So good. So filling.
Really happy to add this to my bring-your-lunch-to-work rotation!
When I go to track this with the link in my WW app the light Mayo is listed as Mayo instead of light so the points are not correct. Just wanted to let you know but thank you for providing a link to the app
Thanks adjusted!
When I did it, the sriracha came up as 2 tablespoons instead of teaspoons and added an extra point.
Is this entire recipe considered one bowl? I’m wondering for food logging purposes
yes
Such a simple, delicious, quick lunch!! I bought the seasoning just for this recipe and it really makes the bowl feel special and sushi-ish 🙂 Added pickled red onions, avocado, and minced bell pepper. Will be keeping this on the lunch rotation!
Made this for lunch today and it was delicious. Perfect quick and easy lunch. I’ll definitely be adding this to my rotation.
Great!!
Made this tonight for myself for dinner. I used spicy chili sesame oil (from TJs) instead of sriracha because I prefer it’s taste. Also used zucchini instead of cukes cause that’s what I had. Added avocado. I mention all these changes to show how versatile this awesome recipe is! Thanks Gina!
Love the sound of this!
I didn’t have scallions so I left them out and added a little dried minced onion, but this was still a delicious easy meal! Good flavors and perfect amount of spice. Used a minute rice cup so it was even easier – definitely going to keep this in rotation for easy one-person meals!
Great!!
I love this!! It’s so good and easy to make!
Any recommendations for rice substitutes to reduce the amount of carbs???
Gonna have to try this one! 🐟 think it’d be good with some added avocado?
How do you discard the bones the in salmon?
My canned salmon never has bones
I had this same question today so I called my mom. She said just to scrape off the skin and as many of the bones as you can. The backbones are the ones you definitely want to get. It’s okay if you miss a few rib bones because they are so soft. I also heaped on sesame seeds. I hoped the crunch would keep me from noticing/being grossed out if I came across a bone – it worked.
I was shocked to find the bones 😳 but I basically did the same thing.
If you just mash them up, you won’t notice them at all…and they add a lot of calcium!
I wanted to make this today but only had shrimp and quinoa on hand. Still so good and super easy. I plan to make it as directed next week for lunch planning!
This would probably be good in a wrap too.
Sure would!
So delicious! I just made this for a quick brunch because I had all the ingredients on hand, including the TJ’s frozen brown rice. It took me just a little over 5 minutes…super easy, and soooo good! I added some avocado on top, and it was perfect! Thank you for such a quick, yummy recipeM
So glad you enjoyed it!
This looks great! I want to incorporate more salmon in my diet; but being a single-person household, buying big pieces of salmon just doesn’t happen.
there are no big pieces of salmon; it’s CANNED salmon
This sounds delicious, but I’m a total lightweight when it comes to spicy- any possible siracha substitution suggestions? 😬
soy sauce : )
Any idea how many WW SP this is?
2
This is really good! Great lunch option. Thank you so much.