Sushi in 9 easy steps

George Oliver

George Oliver

Sushi Chef 6th March 2023
George Oliver

George Oliver

Sushi Chef

Sushi in 9 easy steps

4 rolls of sushi-seaweed (nori)
1 cup uncooked sushi rice
1 cup (250ml) cold water
2 tablespoons sugar
5 tablespoons mirin or rice vinegar
Meat and/or vegetable your choice (eg. 100g smoked salmon and 1 cucumber sliced lengthwise with 1 avocado, sliced)
Soy sauce and pickled ginger (if you like it)

Instructions
Cook rice in water until it boils. Cover and simmer until grains are soft. Remove from heat and cool.
2. Meanwhile, chop filling into strips or sticks.
3. Mix sugar and vinegar. Combine it with cooled rice โ€“ this gives it flavour and stickiness.
4. On your sushi bamboo mat, spread out 1 sheet of nori.
5. Cover it as thinly as you can with the rice mixture. Leave an uncovered 2cm strip of nori along the top edge (to seal the roll).
6. In the centre of the nori, lay out horizontal lines of your filling (eg. a line of salmon and a line of cucumber). Donโ€™t overload your sushi with filling.
7. Now for the tricky part. Grip the mat firmly in both hands and roll up sushi as tight as you can. The mat will help you apply even pressure along the roll. Note: donโ€™t roll up the mat into the sushi!
8. Wet the rice-free strip of nori and โ€˜glueโ€™ it to the sushi roll.
9. Chop the roll into 3cm slices โ€“ youโ€™re done! Repeat steps 4-9 with different fillings for the remaining 3 sheets of nori. You will get better with every roll!

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