Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes
Recipe Adapted From: WikiHow Serves: 4-6
Rolling your own sushi is actually very easy and fun to do at home! Feel free to add other fillings to make your favorite sushi rolls. This recipe was featured in our July 2022 Kitchen Intuition Cooking Workshop. Feel free to watch the video at the bottom of the page and cook alongside us!
Ingredients:
- 1 red bell pepper
- 1-2 carrots
- 1 cucumber
- 1 cup sushi rice or white rice
- 2 cups water
- 3 TBSP rice vinegar
- 2 TBSP sugar
- sushi nori sheets
- 1/2 tsp salt
- soy sauce
Prepare 1 cup of sushi rice according to the packaging instructions. Typically, you start by rinsing the rice under cold water in a strainer to clean the grains. Then, bring the rice to a boil in a covered pot with water, and allow it to steam over a reduced heat for at least 15 minutes or until the water has cooked off. The sushi rice should be sticky after the water evaporates.
Create vinegar rice solution:
- Heat 3 US tbsp of rice vinegar, 2 tbsp of sugar, and 1/2 tsp of salt in a saucepan over a medium heat.
- Stir and heat the solution until the granules of sugar and salt have dissolved. Then, allow the mixture to cool before pouring it over your prepared white rice.
- Gently, mix the solution with the white rice
Cut the vegetables as thinly as possible to the length of your nori, or shorter and stacked.
Rest a clean towel on a flat surface to create a base for rolling the sushi. Choose a thick hand towel that will support the sushi when you go to roll it.