Other types of rice can change in proportion drastically once cooked, plus they are too dry to be used for making sushi. The beauty of this dish lies in the soft and slightly sticky nature of rice, which cannot be achieved by using different varieties. The above measurement is strictly for short-grain Japanese rice click to see my review that you can find at any Asian grocery store.
Using another variety will not only make it difficult to get perfect rolls but also change the flavor and measurements. While this may work if you are doing a family dinner for people, I recommend using a weighing scale to measure properly when you are hosting a party. If you are using a measuring cup for the rice, make sure you level off the top. Remember that practice makes perfect and the size of your measuring cup may vary the proportion slightly.
Just ensure that you make enough rice to accommodate extra guests when hosting a sushi party at home. After you measure out the cups of rice in a bowl, sift through the rice to remove cracked, broken, or immature grains. The rice should be milled properly so that they have a shine on the surface, without any bran residue. If you are using a rice cooker , remember that any amount of uncooked rice can become twice in the amount once cooked. When you need to make sushi rice for ten people or more in a rice cooker, I recommend that you cook in batches instead of trying to make all at once.
If you prefer cooking in a pot, then you will need a slightly bigger pot to allow the rice to boil properly. Cook rice at least 30 minutes to an hour before you are expecting guests to ensure that the rice is well cooked and seasoned before they arrive. To make the perfect rolls, you will need not hot or cold, but slightly warm and freshly prepared sushi rice, preferably at room temperature. After you have measured out the perfect amount of rice for cooking, there are three key things to take care of — rinsing, soaking, and cooking the rice.
While I believe that practice makes perfect, if you follow the steps and directions correctly, you may nail it in your very first attempt. Take the measured amount of rice in a sieve bowl with small holes so that rice cannot pass through. Place the bowl under a tap and let cold water run through the rice. Use your hands to gently rub the rice to remove the white powdery coating over the grains. Be careful not to break the grains. Keep rinsing until the water running through the sieve becomes clear.
In this case, you certainly can add more or less rice per roll. As long as you roll the wrap tightly and have nice sticky rice, the roll will hold itself together quite nicely. One of the biggest sushi trends that have come about this year is sushi hand rolls. These large crepe-like sushi rolls are cone-shaped and can be held in your hand, allowing you to eat them on the go.
Sushi hand rolls tend to be a bit larger, so you should use grams of rice for each hand roll to make them more filling. To ensure optimal stickiness and a balanced flavor, you should always use short-grain white rice. If possible, use a Japanese-imported brand like Nishiki rice, which [ can be found at most Asian supermarkets ]. Tonight we had Dutch friends over for dinner and we all made sushi rolls for the first time together and then watched Kungfu Panda.
It was a blast…super full Asian themed night. And this recipe helped make it all happen. Our guests said it tasted better than in restaurants too! Definitely will be keeping it for future reference. This is the perfect Sushi rice recipe! Loved it. The family loved it so much. It was perfectly easy to make in my rice maker. I added the viniger mix after. Thanks for this great recipe! Teriyaki sauce has salt and sugar as ingredients — can it be combined with the vinegar in lieu of the salt and sugar?
My aunt is Chinese and makes sushi all the time. She always uses a pressure cooker to make the softness of the rice nice and even. Rice cooker always the best. To measure the amount of water to use for cooking use the first line of your middle finger, closest to the fingertip.
Place middle finger on the very top surface of rice and water should measure precisely to the line on that finger. Will come out perfect every time! I like mine a little bit drier so I put a little bit less water.
Will try 9 minutes next time. Worked perfectly, maybe a little over on the vinegar although we did use Chinese instead of Japanese rice vinegar. Best tasting sushi rice by a long way. We had 2 cups of rice so had to convert to metric to make the step down easier. A splash more water and it would have been perfect. Do i mix vinegar, sugar and salt with cook or uncook rice? Cook rice 2. Take out of pot 3. Add vinegar mix 4. Mix well 5. Allow to cool down. Then you just mix it into the rice and let it cool.
I need your advice. Could you please tell me what I did wrong? After the rice had cooled down to room temperature, wet your hands before handling the rice. This will reduce rice sticking to tie hand to a minimum. A good idea is to prepare a bowl of water and a towel in your rolling area. Traditionally, you add a tiny bit of rice vinegar to the water. Watch the rice vinegar put what it says and not a drop more I messed up the first batch lol other than that hell of a recipe,????
That depends where you live. In most cities you would be able to find rice vinegar in Asian markets or whole food stores. You can also purchase rice vinegar online, e. Never tried it myself, only after the rice is cooked. If you do try please let us know! I have done it with good results. Just experiment. She was skeptical at first but the final result was good and she was happy. Just make sure you reduce water because the vinegar is liquid.
Never found better recipe. Instructions are all simple and even so that there are a lot of steps, the rice is awesome! Thank you for this! Just divide all the quantities by 3…. If the rice vinegar is cold, can I mix if with the rice? Or should I wait until the vinegar cool down to room temp? Thank u! This recipe worked out very well. I cut it down to 1 cup uncooked rice. I also let my rice soak for about an hour before cooking for stickier grains.
So I want to eat healthier and I thought sushi would be the way. Am I able to make sushi the night before and then bring it to school? Or do I make the rice the night before and prepare the sushi before I leave for school? Sushi is best prepared right before consuming. If you store the rice in the fridge overnight, try and cover it with a damp cloth, to avoid rice dehydration. I have tried the vinegar thing in my rice and found it horrible tasting. Perhaps what is meant by 3 cups rice is uncooked.
Going to try and add in 3 more cups cooked rice to mellow out that vinegar flavor. Oh and use brown sugar for the sugar. Three cups WAS indeed referring to uncooked. I'm just curious, is the only reason vinegar is added to the rice is for flavor? I actually hate vinegar and I've had sushi before and even when the vinegar is mild, I get nauseous. That was actually how I found out that there was vinegar in the rice.
If it doesn't affect anything, I might try to make some sushi for myself without any vinegar. I used your recipe but with a bit of variation. The to 1 water to rice ratio did not work I had to use more water. I also soaked some lemon peel and seaweed in my vinegar for an hour to give my rice some aroma. Worked well for me! That's strange, never heard that one before. Can you tell what was the rice brand you used?
It helps to let the rice soak before cooking. I keep forgetting the soak time- 20 minutes? I don't realy care, I soak it anywhere from 20 minutes to an hour. It depends on how late in the day it is, if i forget about it, you get the idea.
I wash the rice, soak it, drain and rinse again, then put in the pot and add the measured amount of water to cook. It only takes about 10 minutes to cook.
This recipe was perfect! My rice turned out great, but being from South Louisiana, I already knew how to cook rice. It's a staple food here too. My wife ate sushi for the first time and loved it. She ate 9 pieces of the shrimp rolls. I cooked my shrimp by boiling it with Zatarains crab boil. That's our usual seasoning here for shrimp.
I figured that if the taste was familiar to my wife that she would like it, she did. My first time to eat sushi was in Iwakuni, Japan in I've loved it since. Making it is even more rewarding.
Made my first sushi last night, it turned out great. I had a little trouble with the inside out roll, my rice was not perfect. I will watch my rice closer next time or maybe it was my knife. The rice kind of pull apart on a few rolls.
Your instructions were very helpful. Yes until it was cool enough to mix the vinegar by hand as it breaks the rice less. But don't leave it to cool completely as the rice will become a sticky mess. Just wondering. There are a lot of tips out there. Rice came out perfect. I did 3 cups of rice to 3 cups and a half water. Half cup vinegar. As others here — I'm preparing to make the leap and try to make some sushi this weekend! I have no idea what possessed me, but I decided I wanted to try to make it.
I can assure you, I'll be following this guide. Some of the other instructions are so intensive and laborious, they almost make you think eh, I'll just pick up a phone and order.
Thank you for great instructions for a very successful first sushi! Unfortunately my phone pic is too big. But trust me it was delish! We were concerned about the rice because the vinegar really smelled it up!
But it turned out to be great! Rice has rich minerals to protect use from many health problem, I'm having it atleast ones a day by the suggestion of dietitian which is working very well.. I've tried this recipe and wasn't disappointed. It was pretty nice. I've actually used regular rice, the minute rice that is done in 5 min, and it comes out great, then again I have a recipe book and sushi making kit so I can follow that.
Lol I'm going to try the sushi rice though, and I'll let you guys know how that turns out. I do not know what it looks like or where to get it. Just made a batch. OMG, I'm so full now. Was perfect, had to perfect my rolling technique plus get the right amount of rice. This was my first batch of makis and it's definitively not the last one. Was so good! Your recipe is our recipe of choice whenever we make sushi. We find it clear, easy to follow, and I have a hard time keeping my kids from eating the rice before it makes it into the seaweed!
Sushi rice is just small rice. Actualy, 2 Tablespoons is not that much if yiu think about it. Is sushi rice different in its cooking methods than regular rice as in does it get sticky if overcooked and if that does happen, can it be rinsed and still used for sushi rolls?
I read somewhere it's better to make a new roll and store it like that. The rice alone gets a weird taste.
I used the above recipe and it werked well. I used equal parts water to rice and only a quarter cup of vinegar. I've made too much sushi rice, and put most of it in the fridge. A week later, I've put it in the microwave, let it cool down, and made another batch of sushi. It was a-okay for me. Can I store extra rice for future use, or do I have to make it and use it at the same time? If I can store it, what is the best way?
Thanks- I am loving your web-site, Rae Ann. Great website!! My question: everytime I make sushi rice it turns out to be very sticky. I thought this was normal but recently I saw a professional preparing sushi, and his rice wasn't soo sticky! No, you need to use Shari rice — commonly reffered to as "sushi rice". It is round, and sticky. You may want to use regular rice, but it just won't taste the same.
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How to make sushi? Sushi University Recipes Sushi essentials Store. Perfect sushi rice Perfect for Sushi, Sashimi and Japanese cuisine. Word from the author: "Perfect sushi starts with perfect rice. For that you will need a good recipe and some care. In this page you will find the instructions you need to make vinegared sushi rice at home. Published on May 26, By osowakki. Measuring sushi rice Prepare 1 cup of sushi rice per 3 sushi rolls.
Still not sure? Check out our Quantity calculator. Quantity calculator We are here to help with all the calculations. For making 1 2 3 4 5 6 8 10 12 14 16 20 25 50 sushi rolls, use:. Instructions For the seasoning, heat the rice vinegar with the sugar and salt in a pot or microwave until fully dissolved. Rinse the sushi rice thoroughly and cook it in a pot with a thick bottom or rice cooker. Once rice is ready, transfer to wooden or plastic container.
Do not cover. Pour seasoning evenly over rice and mix with a wooden spoon in a cutting motion. Let rice cool down to room temperature by the window or with a fan, but never in the refrigerator. Rate this recipe. Silvana October 17, at pm. Debbie October 5, at pm. Ruth September 1, at am. Victoria July 24, at pm.
Olivia April 11, at pm. Kirsten April 3, at am. First time I was able to make some decent sushi rice! Thank you so much for sharing! Julia February 27, at pm. Delicious Reply. Celeste Odono February 16, at am. Thank you for this recipe. I used it to make sushi at home tonight. It was perfect! Lauren January 30, at pm. Probably too much Rice Wine Vinegar for me.
Will use less next time. Aleph January 22, at am. February 13, at am. Ezra January 14, at am. I love it thank you Reply. Roxane December 25, at pm. Ruth December 5, at pm. Sam February 20, at pm. Pure Orinetal brand Reply. Jasna October 6, at pm. Made it with long grain rice as that was all I had. Turned out just awesome. Hanneke October 2, at am. Thank you for sharing your method in so much detail. Vic September 29, at pm. Mel November 6, at am. It does say to use half the recommended amount of vinegar if this is your first time making sushi… Reply.
Sofia Abreu September 26, at pm. I love this recipe, works very well. The calculator is amazing and very helpful Reply. Home chef September 23, at pm. Worked out great for me, thank you! Mark Revell September 11, at am. Is the seasoning poured over cooked rice or is it part of the cooking liquid? Anonymous October 18, at am.
No the seasoning is added after the rice is cooked Reply. Laeno June 18, at pm. Salt tenderizes things Reply. Alex August 23, at am. Lovely mate. Just made it it, lovely rice, perfect for sushi. Raegs August 17, at am.
Am currently making rice. Iain Robertson November 3, at am. Are you just making this up? Nick May 30, at pm. Lottie August 8, at pm. What kind of rice? Joao July 29, at am. Thanks for your recipe, i made now Reply. Jess June 18, at am. What happened to the section on cooking the rice? Ana June 12, at am. Thomas Shu June 12, at am. Dorothy Hum January 25, at pm. Krystal February 5, at pm. Luis Pais June 9, at am. I just cooked some perfect rice.
Thank you!!! Nicoletta June 6, at am. I would like to know for 5 sushi rolls Reply. Mila January 11, at pm. You can change the measurement to metrics Reply.
Amy McIntyre May 29, at am. Mariana May 2, at am. Great recipe!! Made quarantine a little more fun Reply. Jim Hill April 29, at am.
Very interesting — Thanks for sharing! How do you know so much about mirin? Belle January 14, at am. Thanks for the information …enjoyed that bit of reading Reply. Rachel April 27, at am. Jones April 24, at am.
This was my first attempt at making sushi rice, and it was perfect! Luis April 5, at am. I use rice clickers and it come out very nice, and the seasoning was great. Thanks Reply. Lindsay Niles July 13, at am. Shelley May 6, at am. Perfect recipe, thank you! Ralph April 18, at am. Janice Gould April 16, at pm. Can u make sushi bowls with this rice too Reply.
Malena March 31, at pm. Easy to follow, clear instruction and no surprises at the end, Reply. Ichi Tokyo March 13, at am. Thank you for sharing this recipe! Easy and delicious! Mister Cash March 9, at am.
Ferrante February 20, at pm. Can you make sushi rice without putting sugar? Great rice. You can get away with cider vinegar as a substitute for rice vinegar.
Josh December 30, at pm. Cynthia Carreras December 29, at am. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it! Victoria Elizabeth Soodak December 23, at pm.
What size are the nori sheets????? Adam December 7, at am. Practice makes perfect. Glad you are enjoying this. Alexander November 25, at pm. Jesse November 19, at am. Thank you! Blessings… Reply. Kirsty October 23, at pm. Paula October 14, at pm. Marie Dumas October 8, at am. Elfi September 7, at am. That should not happen if the following applies: 1. Hope you get a better results next time. Julia Hamilton August 31, at pm.
Ciaran Haines September 21, at pm. Claire August 15, at am. This is great and the only recipe I use Reply. Jamila August 14, at am. I love the way you presented the recipes — easy to understand. Sam July 20, at am. Buddy October 28, at pm. April July 4, at pm. I LOVE thir recipe, it works even with normal rice thank you so much! Scott July 26, at am. Dan September 26, at pm. Sarah June 2, at am. Can you leave it for a couple of hours before you make the actual sushi roll Reply.
Erin Pearce June 2, at am. Marie June 1, at pm. Steve Fassler April 29, at pm. Would it be an issue to use stevia instead of the white sugar Reply. Barry May 8, at pm. Alfred April 27, at pm. Can i use any alternative for seasoning? Maybe White vinegar for instance? Dan levi April 27, at am. Domarius May 29, at am. Ken June 2, at pm. Asdis Valdi April 9, at pm. Thank you Reply.
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