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    Default I made my own sushi!

    I hate spending money on dinner that I can make at home and until now I couldn't make sushi, so subsequently I'd go out all the time for it.

    Last night, I changed that. I was very surprised with how decent/edible it came out as well. I figured it would be disastrous but I'd eat the delicious clusterfuck regardless.

    I made spicy tuna rolls with avocado and masago and just salmon and tuna nigiri style. I'm so proud of myself. I went to Mitsuwa earlier in the day (Japanese grocery chain) and bought a couple slabs of sashimi-grade fish, nori, rice vinegar, masago, a rolling mat, and wasabi paste. About 5-6 dollars worth of fish yields about 2 rolls or 7-8 nigiri style.

    I really have no idea what I'm doing. I watched a bunch of videos that I found through google on how to roll it. I had a blast doing it. I'd totally suggest trying it for like a dinner date.

    Anyone else tried to make your own sushi before? Tips? Advice? Recipes?

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    Default Re: I made my own sushi!

    NOM!

    i always wanted to try but figured it would be way too hard...

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    Its easy. I'm far from being a crafy type and having good hand/eye coordination.

    No real measure/baking times keeps it super fool proof. The only thing that needed to be measured was the rice vinegar to make the rice sticky. The directions on how to make it sticky are right on the bottle.

    To do the nigiri I just squished the rice in the palm of my hand into a little almost football shape a bit bigger than the fish slice. The slabs are cut so that you just have to slice a little off one end and you get the perfect slice to place on top of the rice "football". The tiny dab of wasabi between the rice and the fish keeps it from sliding off.

    The rolls weren't much harder although I you need to make sure you have really, really super sharp knifes otherwise when you go to cut them apart you'll just smoosh and tear them. Even my sharpest knife wasn't quite good enough to cut clean through it.

    I used these two sites (mostly the first one):
    http://www.sushifaq.com/howtomakesushiathome.htm
    http://makemysushi.com/

    Theres a video to the bottom of this page (its on cali rolls) that I found useful:
    http://www.mahalo.com/How_to_make_sushi

    If you screw up the scraps all taste wonderful. Its not like you overcook or burn anything. Its just not pretty.

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    I totally couldn't do that. Good job!!


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    My boyfriend makes it for me all the time...gotta love that...lol
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    Default Re: I made my own sushi!

    Quote Originally Posted by reese_x_c View Post
    My boyfriend makes it for me all the time...gotta love that...lol
    you lucky lucky woman.....

    how much time prep time total does it usually take?

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    Cooking the rice took about 20 minutes but you really just let it sit and don't touch it the whole time.

    I think maybe I spent 15 minutes tops doing two rolls (about 5 min total) and about 14 nigiri style (took around 10 min for those, to slice the fish and shape the rice). This was more than enough for the two and I had a few left overs for lunch today. It was a little more than a 1/2 lb of tuna and around a 1/3 lb of salmon.

    Soo, around 35-40 min depending on how much sake you drink while working

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    Default Re: I made my own sushi!

    i know they make kits to do this, but I am totally lazy and haven't ever got one (like mats to roll the rice on, etc)

    Can I come over to your house for dinner? I'll bring some plum wine
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    MMMM Homemade sushi is soooo good. I usually make veggie sushi, but now I want some tuna!

    Stupid me was just at Whole Foods and bought 2 containers of seaweed salad and NO sushi...

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    Default Re: I made my own sushi!

    Quote Originally Posted by VegasPrincess View Post
    i know they make kits to do this, but I am totally lazy and haven't ever got one (like mats to roll the rice on, etc)

    Can I come over to your house for dinner? I'll bring some plum wine
    No need to buy a kit at all. Really all you would need in the kit is the bamboo rolling mat which should be less than $2.

    The nori (seaweed), rice vinegar, and wasabi are all less than $2 each if you get them at a Japanese grocery store and will last a few uses. Chopsticks are optional. Cost Plus has ingrediants (but not the individual mats) but its a little bit more and additionally also carries some really sweet looking dishes. I just served mine on regular white plates and spilled a shallow puddle of soy sauce on another for dipping.

    I should have a SW sushi fest over here once I get good Who wants to be the naked sushi platter?

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