Ever wish sushi came with a really satisfying crunch? Crispy rice Waffles are the crunchable, golden-brown answer—topped with a vibrant mango sushi salad that hits all the sweet, salty, tangy & slightly spicy notes. It’s crispy, refreshing, and just weird enough to keep things interesting.  Best of all Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad are easy to make and completely gluten free!

Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad

You know those cute little waffle makers that you see everywhere?  Especially in the stores I can’t go into because they are my addiction, like HomeGoods (gasp!!!).  I even bought a couple from a DansDeals link for $3.99 each.  Well, I’m always looking for fun things to make in them.  For me, there are no boxes.  If you can bake it, it can probably go in a waffle iron.   One day my very favorite Son-in-Law was spoiling my Dear Daughter by making sushi for her… from scratch.  Suffice it to say he’s a gem KIH.  Anyway, I looked at the rice and thought… that would be awesome as a waffle!  And so, Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad was born.

Making Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad

I’m a little embarrassed to say there was a little bit of “winging it” and McGyvering when creating this recipe.  Here’s how it ended up.

The Crispy Rice Waffles

I started with making the sushi rice, then tasted it.  

It tasted like rice.

Plain, boring, short grain rice.

I decided to add some of my sushi rice ingredients like rice vinegar and a little sugar.  I wanted to give it a little more of an Asian flair, so I added some toasted sesame oil and to help it brown some extra virgin olive oil.  Green onions added even more flavor.

I scooped the rice mixture into my waffle iron, and the rest was history.  A long history…

Crispy Rice Waffles are crispy, flavorful and completely awesome – even on their own!

The time it takes to make Crispy Rice Waffles

This is the biggest problem with the Crispy Rice Waffle recipe.  If you’re making them one at a time then it’s going to take a long time.  Each waffle takes around 5 minutes to brown properly.  I set a timer and did other work in the kitchen while making them, but it’s not a quick solution if you’re making, say, twenty-ish of them.

I recommend getting more than one of these cute little waffle makers in the interest or your sanity.  Or, you could get a waffle iron that makes more than one waffle at a time.  

You could also make mini waffles in a small appetizer size.  You’ll make a lot more Crispy Rice Waffles so you could theoretically halve the recipe.

I’ll put some suggestions for different waffle makers at the bottom of the recipe below.  

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Using Propellant Free Spray on the waffle iron

I can’t stress this enough.  USE PROPELLANT FREE SPRAY ON THE WAFFLE IRON.

The traditional “Pam” type sprays contain a propellant that will gum up any non-stick surface.  The propellant free ones, like “Chosen” brand avocado oil spray is pure avocado oil and contains no propellants.

Best yet, get a spray bottle and fill it with your favorite oil and use that.  I get my bottles at Dollar Tree but I just saw a really cool one on Temu… I’ll keep you posted.

Making the Mango Sushi Salad

I’m not a big sushi salad maker.  I usually leave that up to the kids (who are now adults but I still call kids).  So when it came time to make the Mango Sushi Salad I turned to Dear Daughter (the one with the awesome husband KIH!!) 

I knew we had the mock seafood in the freezer, so the rest I needed help for. 

Dyna Sea Seafood Mock Lobster Bites is what I used in this recipe. You’d have to do a search to see which stores carry it. You could also use mock crab as well.

As I added ingredients I kept asking “what else” until we had an incredible sushi salad.  Since it’s currently summer and mangos are prevalent, we put them in the salad too for amazing flavor and color.  

This recipe is totally thanks to Dear Daughter!

The Mango Sushi Salad is all thanks to Dear Daughter!

It helps to have a mandolin

I found it helps to have a mandolin to shred the carrots and the cucumber.  I LOVE my OXO mandolin.  It folds up super flat, is dishwasher safe and simple to use.  Can’t recommend it highly enough.  I’ll link it below.

Here’s the recipe for Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad

My family went crazy over this recipe.  They absolutely loved the Crispy Rice Waffles (worth the time!) and even ate them without the Mango Sushi Salad.  Dear Daughter in Law couldn’t stop eating the Mango Sushi Salad without the Crispy Rice Waffles!  Feel free to make one without the other, but why would you???

Additionally, if mangos are out of season when you make this recipe feel free to leave them out, although the recipe certainly won’t be as good.

Dear Daughter in Law LOVED the Crispy Rice Waffles with Sushi Salad!!!!

Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad

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• Author: Sharon Matten - Kosher Everyday
• Prep Time: 15 minutes
• Dependent Upon How Many Waffle Irons You Have. With one waffle iron:: 1 hour 40 minutes
• Cook Time: 20 minutes
• Total Time: 2 hours
• Yield: around 20 servings 1x
• Category: Appetizer
• Method: Cooking
• Cuisine: Gluten Free
• Diet: Kosher

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Description

Ever wish sushi came with a really satisfying crunch? Crispy rice Waffles are the crunchable, golden-brown answer—topped with a vibrant mango sushi salad that hits all the sweet, salty, tangy notes. It’s crispy, refreshing, and just weird enough to keep things interesting.  Best of all Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad are easy to make and completely gluten free!

This recipe makes around 20 Crispy Rice Waffles.  Feel free to halve the recipe if that is too many.  I found that people ate around 2 of them at a sitting, with the serving size being one Crispy Rice Waffle with Mango Sushi Salad.

Finally, when Dear Daughter in Law ate this we drizzled Dear Son in Law’s Unagi Sauce on top.  It turns out that that sauce, made by Kikkoman, happens to contain gluten.  I’m going to include a recipe for Unagi Sauce from Allrecipes.com and link the kosher, gluten free mirin below.

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Ingredients

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For the Crispy Rice Waffles

• 3 white cups sushi rice
• 3 1/2 cups water ;
• 1 bunch green onion, chopped
• 2 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
• freshly ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup rice vinegar
• 1/4 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons toasted sesame oil
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive or avocado oil
• propellant free avocado oil spray

For the Mango Sushi Salad

• 1 pound Dyna Sea Surimi Seafood Mock Lobster, cut/shredded into small pieces
• 1 cup shredded carrots ;
• 1 cup shredded English cucumber
• 1 ripe mango, small dice
• 1 ripe avocado, small dice
• 2 green onions, thinly sliced
• 1/4 cup spicy mayonnaise
• Additional spicy mayonnaise and/or other dipping sauces for serving

For the Unagi Sauce (Optional)

• 1/4 cup gluten free soy sauce
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup mirin

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Instructions

For the Crispy Rice Waffles

1. Combine the rice and water in a large pot.  Cover and bring to a boil over high heat, then lower the heat to low and simmer for 20 minutes until the water is absorbed.  Off the heat and let the rice rest for 10 minutes covered.  Uncover and fluff with a fork.
2. Fold in the green onion, salt, black pepper rice vinegar, granulated sugar, toasted sesame oil and olive oil.
3. Heat a waffle iron (or several) until hot.  Spray with propellant free oil spray.  Using a large scooper, place a scoop of the rice mixture on the iron.  Spray the top of the waffle with oil spray.  Close the waffle iron and cook for around 5 minutes until browned and crispy.
4. Repeat with the remaining rice.

For the Mango Sushi Salad

1. In a large bowl combine the mock lobster, carrots, cucumber, mango, avocado, green onions and spicy mayonnaise.  Mix until completely blended.
2. Refrigerate covered until ready to use (up to one hour).  If making this salad in advance, you can make it a day ahead and refrigerate covered without the avocado.  When ready to serve add the diced avocado.

For the Unagi Sauce (Optional)

1. Heat soy sauce, sugar, and mirin in a small saucepan over medium heat.
2. Cook and stir until liquid is reduced to about 3/4 cup.

To Finish

1. Drizzle a little spicy mayonnaise on a plate.  Set one or two Crispy Rice Waffles on the mayo.
2. Top with a spoonful of the Mango Sushi Salad, then drizzle with Unagi Sauce (optional) or your favorite sushi sauce topping.
3. Serve immediately.

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Notes

When Dear Daughter in Law ate this we drizzled Dear Son in Law’s Unagi Sauce on top.  It turns out that that sauce, made by Kikkoman, happens to contain gluten.  I’m going to include a recipe for Unagi Sauce from Allrecipes.com and link the kosher, gluten free mirin below.

This recipe makes around 20 Crispy Rice Waffles.  Feel free to halve the recipe if that is too many.  I found that people ate around 2 of them at a sitting, with the serving size being one Crispy Rice Waffle with Mango Sushi Salad.

I strongly recommend using a waffle iron that makes more than one waffle at a time.  I made them while I was working in the kitchen, five minutes at a time.  While the result was worth it, I’m linking some options below that might be time savers.

You can make the Crispy Rice Waffles smaller for bite size Crispy Rice Waffles with Mango Sushi Salad.

If you don’t want to make as many waffles as I did, feel free to halve the recipe.

The Crispy Rice Waffles are great on their own – but they’re best served fresh.

The Mango Sushi Salad would also be delicious as a salad combined with cooked short grain white rice.  You can make it in advance, just leave out the avocado and add it just before serving.

Nutrition

• Serving Size: 1 Crispy Rice Waffle with Sushi Salad
• Calories: 221
• Sugar: 4.2 g
• Sodium: 308.6 mg
• Fat: 8.4 g
• Saturated Fat: 1.3 g
• Carbohydrates: 29.5 g
• Fiber: 1.2 g
• Protein: 6.7 g
• Cholesterol: 34.3 mg

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