Unagi, or broiled freshwater eel, is a very popular sushi topping and filing for sushi rolls. But that’s a problem. Freshwater eel is not a sustainable seafood choice. When dining out, you want to avoid all sushi that includes freshwater eel as an ingredient. And unfortunately, that also means abstaining from the sweet eel sauce [...]
Eel-free Eel Sauce The sweet eel sauce used in sushi bars can be easily made at home. Making it yourself allows you to customize the sauce into one that can be enjoyed by both vegans and those that eat seafood. The key is the use of a raw sugar such as jaggery. If [...]
Want a break from the typical green tea ice cream served for after sushi dessert? Try these refreshing strawberries. Matcha, green tea powder, is mixed with white chocolate for a unique treat. After the berries are dipped, a sprinkling of crystallized ginger or toasted almonds add to the presentation. This application also works well with [...]
Potstickers, also called gyoza, are dumplings that get their name from the appearance of their crisp, browned underside. Potstickers often contain pork, shrimp or a combination of both. If you have shellfish allergies or do not include pork or shellfish in your diet, ground chicken is a great way to enjoy potstickers. Ground chicken, rather [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Traditionally, okonomiyaki is a type of pancake or pizza that is cooked on the griddle then layered with an assortment of ingredients. Sometimes the ingredients are cooked inside the batter. The batter typically contains cabbage and the toppings vary as the word okonomi roughly means favorites or whatever you like. Yaki means grilled, though not necessarily [...]
