Kimbap and Sushi Rice
Makes 4 cups cooked rice
Ingredients
2 cups of short grain rice
2 ½ cups water or ¼ cup more if
rice is too dry
1. Put the rice into a thick pot.
Wash in cold water and drain, then lightly massage the rice with your hand.
2. Rince and drain until the
water is clear (3-4 times). Drain last of the water by tilting the pot as much
as you can.
3. Add 1 ¼ cup water to the pot
and soak for 30 minutes with the lid closed.
4. Bring to boil over medium high
heat and turn the heat to low. cook for about 15 minutes with lid on. Add more
water if rice is too dry and stary longer until water is gone.
5. Turn over the rice with a
spoon and turn off the heat.
6. Leave the lid on and let it
sit for another 10 minutes.
7. Fluffy rice is ready for
Kimbap or sushi!
For Kimbap: gently mix warm rice with 1/2tsp salt 2
tsp toasted sesame oil
For Sushi: in a small bowl mix 3 Tbsp rice vinegar,
3 tsp sugar, 1 ½ tsp salt until sugar is dissolved and pour onto warm rice and
gently mix.
Sushi
Makes 6-8 rolls
Ingredients:
4 C cooked and seasoned rice (see
For Sushi on first pg)
4 sheets roasted nori cut in half
12oz smoked salmon (plain), tuna
(canned or frozen) or imitation crab meat
4oz cream cheese
1 English cucumber, cut into
small strips
2 avocados, peeled, pitted and
sliced
Optional:
Spicy tuna: canned tuna drains and squeeze liquid out and add
mayonnaise
Carrot Rapees (French carrot
salad): 1-2 shredded carrots, 1tsp salt, 2Tbsp olive oil, 1Tbsp lemon juice, ½ Tbsp
brown sugar, 1 Tbsp whole grain mustard. Mix all together in a bowl.
Pickled Cucumber: thinly slice
cucumber and add vinegar, sugar and salt. Let it sit 10 minutes and squeeze
liquid out.
Sauces
Seasoned Soy Sauce:
1/4 cup soy sauce
1 tsp vinegar or fresh lemon
juice
½ tsp sugar
Spicy Mayo:
½ cup mayonnaise
2 Tbsp Sriracha (more or less
depending on spiciness desire)
Wasabi Mayo:
1/2cup mayo
2 tsp wasabi paste
1 tsp Lemon juice
Option ¼ tsp ginger
Eel Sauce:
½ C soy sauce
½ C sugar
½ C mirin
Add all the ingredients in a
small sauce pan and boil over medium heat, once it boils reduce the heat to low
and simmer for 5 minutes or until the sauce has thickened.
Let it cool down to room
temperature.
Inside Out Sushi Roll
1. Gather all ingredients and prepare on a plate.
2. In a small bowl prepare vinegar mixture
for sushi rice and add into cooked rice then gently mix. Set aside (keep warm)
3. If you use canned tuna, drain and squeeze
liquid out then add mayonnaise. If you use crab meat add mayonnaise as well.
4. Wrap sushi mat in plastic wrap.
5. Place the nori on the mat shiny side down
(rough side up) and spread the rice on the nori, evenly cover with rice (use
cooking gloves or lightly moisten your fingers to spread the rice easily).
Sprinkle toasted sesame seeds on top.
6. Flip the rice and nori over from top to
bottom so the nori border is closest to you.
7. Place sliced avocados on the center of the
nori, thin ends overlap.
8. Add strips of cucumber on the avocado
slices. Add some pieces of crab meat lengthwise.
9. Don’t add too much filling, or your roll
won’t seal shut.
10. To
roll the Sushi, tuck your thumbs under the edge of the sushi mat closest to
you. Place your remaining fingers to hold the filling in then roll the mat up
and over the filling until the rice meets the nori on the other side. Give the
roll a light squeeze to stick the rice to the nori.
11. Hold the edge of the mat and continue
rolling the roll to the end of mat.
12. Place the roll on the cutting board, the
seam is on the bottom, wait for a few mins and then cut the roll into slices.
13. Serve sushi roll with soy sauce, wasabi
and pickled ginger. You can add other options such as sriracha mayo, wasabi
mayo, eel sauce, deep fried onions etc…
Types of Sushi Rolls
California roll: Imitation crab (mix with mayo), avocado
and cucumber
Tiger roll: shrimp and avocado over a California roll
Rainbow roll: five different kinds of fish and avocado
on California roll
Spicy tuna roll: use canned tuna, drain and squeeze liquid
out and add mayonnaise
Dragon roll: Eel, crab and cucumber inside, rice and avocado
outside
Volcano roll: spicy tuna on top of California a roll
then Squeeze spicy mayo, wasabi mayo on top
Philadelphia roll: salmon, avocado and cream cheese
No name roll: Mix tuna with mayo, make carrot rapees and
pickled cucumber,
roll with the tuna, carrot rapees,
and the cucumber
