Sushi
Ingredients
Main Ingredients
- Sushi rice short grain rice, rice vinegar, sugar, salt
- Nori seaweed
- Avocado
- Cucumber
- Imitation crab meat
- Sashimi tuna
- Mayonaise
- Soy sauce
- Wasabi paste
- Sesame seeds
- Tobiko flying fish roe
Sushi Rice
- 3 cups Japanese short grainrice
- 3 cups water
Vinegar dressing for the sushi rice
- 6 tbsp vinegar
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
Instructions
Sushi Rice
- Cook rice and let it stand for 10-15 min after it is finishedcooking.
Vinegar dressing for the sushi rice
- Mix the vinegar dressing until the sugar and salt have completely dissolved in the vinegar. Add half the mixture to the cooked rice and fold it in using a spatula. Add the remaining vinegar dressing and continue folding for 5 min. Fan rice while folding to speed up the cooling down process. Rice is ready to be used when at room temperature or just slightly warm.
California Roll
- 3 cups sushi rice1/2 lb Imitation crab meat (preferably sticks)1 large Avocado, ripe but still firm 1/2 medium cucumber, peeled and sliced into long julienne strips 10 sheets Nori (seaweed) cut into half sheets 1/4 c Toasted sesame seeds (optional)1/8 c Flying fish roe (optional)MayonnaiseShoyu and wasabi for dipping (optional)To roll the sushi you will need a bamboo sushi mat covered with plastic wrap.– place nori on sushi mat and completely cover the nori with rice (aprox 1 cup of rice)– sprinkle a little sesame seeds and fish roe across the middle of the rice– flip the nori over for the rice is now underneath the nori– add the avocado, crab, cucumber, and mayonnaise across on top of the nori (across the middle)– as you roll up the nori using the mat, the rice will end up on the outside– cut the the California roll into 8 equal piecesTo roll the sushi you will need a bamboo sushi mat covered with plastic wrap.– place nori on sushi mat and completely cover the nori with rice (aprox 1 cup of rice)– sprinkle a little sesame seeds and fish roe across the middle of the rice– flip the nori over for the rice is now underneath the nori– add the avocado, crab, cucumber, and mayonnaise across on top of the nori (across the middle)– as you roll up the nori using the mat, the rice will end up on the outside– cut the the California roll into 8 equal pieces
Temaki Sushi (hand rolled sushi, no mat necessary)
- Sushi riceNori sheets cut in halfAvocado, cucumberAny sashimi grade fish such as tuna, salmon, shrimp etcImitation or real crabShoyu and wasabi for dipping (optional)Mayonnaise – using a half sheet of nori put enough rice to cover about half the sheet– add your filling, roll up the sushi and eat
Inari Sushi
- – fill pre seasoned inari sushi bags and serve
