[1][2][4] A recipe for "pan sushi dynamite" was included in Sheldon Simeon's Cook Real Hawai’i, which was published in March of 2021.
[5] The dish's ingredients are similar to that of a California roll, in which crab stick, cucumber, cream cheese and avocado are wrapped in nori and rice and topped with sriracha mayonnaise.
[1] In the sushi bake, the California Roll is deconstructed and served as a casserole.
[2][6] The sushi bake uses a base of short-grain rice tossed in vinegar and topped with crab or crab sticks in a cream cheese, Kewpie mayonnaise and sriracha sauce, seasoned with furikake, baked, topped with sriracha mayonnaise and served with sheets of nori and garnishes of avocados, cucumbers, and sometimes wasabi or unagi sauce.
[2][5][6][4] The casserole is typically assembled in an oiled dish which the rice layer is pressed into, and which when baked develops a crispy crust.