Description
Basic instructions on how to make sushi in your very own home! This recipe can be substituted to include meat, and any other vegetable you can imagine!
Ingredients
- 1 cup jasmine rice
- 1 ½ cups water
- ½ cup rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons white sugar
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 3 sheets nori (dry seaweed)
- 1 cucumber, sliced lengthwise
- 2 sticks imitation crab, sliced lengthwise
Instructions
- Rinse rice until water runs clear. Combine rice and 1 1/2 cups water in a saucepan and bring to a boil
- about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low
- cover
- and simmer until water is completely absorbed and rice is soft
- 8 to 10 minutes.
- Use a wooden spoon to transfer cooked rice to a non-metal bowl and set aside to cool.
- Meanwhile
- combine vinegar
- sugar
- and salt in a small saucepan and bring to a boil
- about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer 1 minute more. Combine vinegar mixture with the cooling rice a few tablespoons at a time until rice is coated; you may not need all of the vinegar mixture. Set aside to finish cooling completely
- about 15 minutes.
- Place a sheet of nori on a sushi mat with the rough side facing up. Place a small bowl of water nearby. Use wet hands to evenly spread a handful of rice onto the nori. Arrange cucumber and crab across the nori
- about 1/2 inch from the edge closest to you. Roll the wrap starting at the close edge and rolling away from yourself. Press and roll again to seal. Repeat with remaining nori
- rice
- cucumber
- and crab.
- Dip a sharp knife into water and slice each roll into 8 pieces
- rinsing the knife after each cut to prevent sticking.
Prep Time: 10 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 45 mins
Servings: 24