Pickled vegetables such as eggplant, burdock root and daikon are quite commonly used as components for sushi rolls. In my first days of creating sushi in a small Mississippi town, recipes for pickled vegetable rolls popped up in nearly every sushi book I could find. But most of them I could neither pronounce nor find [...]
I am obsessed with using grapefruit and jalapeno as flavor components for sashimi. If you have ever eaten sashimi with me, you have most likely had a variation of this preparation. The grapefruit segments look and have the feel of a piece of sashimi when first hitting the tongue, while a thin slice of jalapeno [...]
Chirashi zushi, also known as scattered sushi, is unrolled sushi served in a container. Often the container is a small bowl or lacquered box. A layer of sushi rice is placed inside the container, then topped or “scattered” with various ingredients such as fish, pickled vegetables, and roe.
I like to use martini glasses to [...]
Cucumber and peanuts is a winning combo whether it makes up just a small component of a salad with tangy vinaigrette or whether the combo is combined with soy sauce and vinegar for a great dipping sauce. The combination is equally as stunning in a sushi roll as the vinegar dressed rice provides just the right amount [...]
In the South, we have an affinity for most things fried – chicken, catfish, okra, pickles, green tomatoes and even sushi. There’s no denying the pleasure of a sushi roll that is coated in crispy tempura bits or one that contains a perfectly fried piece. Entire sushi rolls can be also be dipped in tempura [...]
A quick fry does not completely cook the salmon in this sushi roll. Instead, curry flavored cream cheese is melted and forms a sort of sauce that oozes delightfully over the salmon.
This recipe uses the hoso maki, thin roll, technique. Learn to make a hoso maki here.
Salmon and Curried Cream Cheese Maki
Makes 4 sushi [...]
Master sushi chef Nobu Matsuhisa is most likely one of the world’s most influential sushi chefs. His take on sashimi is particularly world-renowned as he creates delicious fusions that maintain the integrity of the fish used. Whenever I’m in a city that plays host to one of his restaurants, I make it a point to visit.
Sashimi tacos is one [...]
A sushi press is a wooden or plastic box that has a removable bottom as well as a top used to make pieces of sushi that are topped with fish and various ingredients. This type of sushi is called oshi-zushi. Using a sushi press is an easy way to make impressive, hassle free sushi from [...]
It’s easy to create delicious sushi rolls from common supermarket ingredients if you don’t want to invest in more costly sashimi/sushi grade fish. Though this hand roll is made with inexpensive Nova lox, the flavor is super rich. Also try substituting crabstick for the salmon.
Want to know more about hand rolls? Learn about this tasty [...]
If you’ve ever taken one of my sushi classes, you’ve heard my spiel. You know that I do not advocate making sushi rice on the stove top and insist that sushi rice should be made in a rice cooker. This is advice that I always heed. Cooking quality sushi rice is one of the most important steps [...]