Sushi Rice Recipe
No matter which types of sushi you like, whether it's maki rolls, nigiri, onigiri, etc. the heart of all these Japanese dishes is the rice. The perfect sushi rice will be mildly sweet, scent and a bit sticky
Servings 2
Ingredients
For Rice cooking
- 1 cup sushi rice
- 1 1/4 cup water or as direct per your rice instruction
- 1 piece of Kombu seaweed optional
For "Su"
- 1 Tbsp rice vinegar
- 1 Tbsp sake vinegar substitute by white wine vingegar
- 1 Tbsp sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
Preparation
- With a colander and large pot, soak and rinse the rice 4-5 times to remove all starch and dirt.
- Soak rice for 30 min - 1hr.
- Rinse and transfer to colander, let rest for 30 min.
Making "Su"
- In a small pot, add vinegar, sugar and salt. Depend on your type of vinegar/salt type, add just the sugar/salt to taste
- Stir under low heat to let all sugar/salt dissolve (not boil).
- Remove from heat
Stove top method
- Add rice, seaweed (if use)) and water into a covered pot. Noted that any pot with glass/see through lid is prefer, as you could look into the content without opening the lid hence lose the flavor
- After water is boiling for 7 minutes, turn the heat down to simmer for another 15 minutes
- Turn off the heat, keep cover on and let it rest for another 15 minutes before proceeding.
Oven method
- Preheat your oven to 400F
- Transfer rice into your dutch oven or bake ware
- Add hot water and kombu if use
- Cover the pot with a foil wrap paper if yours don't have lid
- Put in the middle rack and bake for 20 minutes
Rice cooker method
- Just put rice, water and kombu into the rice cooker, set to short/medium grain and you're done
Finishing
- Transfer your hot cooked rice into a hangiri or wide pan/bowl/tray (anything but aluminum due to its reaction with vinegar). Leave the bottom most layer alone, do not scrape this hard layer rice as it's not suitable for sushi making, just fry/roast it later for a nice something.
- Sprinkle the "Su" mixture onto the rice and stir gently with spatula. If you have a small fan, turn it on to blow away some heat/extra moisture while mixing the rice.
- If you use this sushi rice for chirashi, onigiri or as any side dish, then just serve it like this. Otherwise, for rolls and nigiri, cover the rice container with a damp towel and let it sit for about 30 minutes to 1 hr to let rice cooled down. Now the sushi rice is ready to be rolled.
- Enjoy
Notes
Metal container/tray will affect the rice taste when mix with vinegar, so avoid that
For sushi, rinse the rice throughout, for other purpose, you don't have to
Cover the cooked rice with damp towel to reserve its necessary moisture level. The best sushi rice should be a bit sticky but not smushy or wet.
If you eat sushi a lot, consider buying an electric rice cooker to save time/energy while cooking.
For sushi, rinse the rice throughout, for other purpose, you don't have to
Cover the cooked rice with damp towel to reserve its necessary moisture level. The best sushi rice should be a bit sticky but not smushy or wet.
If you eat sushi a lot, consider buying an electric rice cooker to save time/energy while cooking.