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Emily Mariko's aspirational lifestyle content has exploded on TikTok. Her now-famous salmon rice bowl is just as easy to put together as she makes it look.
Emily Mariko's aspirational lifestyle content has exploded on TikTok. Her now-famous salmon rice bowl is just as easy to put together as she makes it look.
Palmer HaaschOct 2, 2021, 00:23 IST
I tried Emily Mariko's salmon rice bowl, including a rice reheating trick she employs using an ice cube.Palmer Haasch
Emily Mariko is a lifestyle creator whose popularity recently exploded on TikTok.
That's due in part to a viral video of Mariko making a salmon rice bowl from leftovers.
The bowl has grown to full TikTok food trend, and we found it was just as easy to make as it looks.
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Emily Mariko's content has exploded on TikTok over the past two weeks.
Emily Mariko has become a TikTok icon after a viral video showed her turning leftover salmon and rice into a lunch bowl.
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Mariko's salmon rice bowl went viral, eventually morphing into a full-fledged TikTok food trend.
Comments on a recent one of Mariko's videos in which she prepares salmon show the hype around her leftover salmon bowl.
@emilymariko/TikTok
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I decided to try the famous lunch - and began by cooking salmon and rice the night before, in true Mariko fashion.
I gathered the primary ingredients for Mariko's rice bowl (sans the roasted seaweed and kimchi, which I served it with later) before I started cooking.
Palmer Haasch
I then shredded my salmon before adding leftover rice to the mixture.
I combined my leftover rice and salmon before microwaving the mixture.
Palmer Haasch
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I microwaved the salmon and rice with several small ice cubes and a piece of parchment paper, and the ice cubes were still intact when I removed the bowl.
My ice cubes were still intact when I removed the salmon bowl from the microwave.
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I added soy sauce, Sriracha, and Kewpie mayo, although not with as much grace as Mariko.
My drizzling wasn't quite as even or aesthetically pleasing as Mariko's, but it certainly got the job done.
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Overall, Mariko's salmon rice bowl is a speedy, and delicious, weekday lunch or anytime meal.
I ate the bowl with avocado, kimchi, and roasted seaweed.
Palmer Haasch