Sushi Hand Roll, 4 ways
Sushi Hand Roll, 4 ways
Japanese hand rolls are a great introduction to making sushi at home. All you need is sushi rice and sheets of nori, plus whatever you want in your hand roll. I included 4 different hand rolls that just about anyone can make: tuna salad(believe it or not, a popular flavor in Japan), smoked salmon and cream cheese, crab and mango, and tobiko(flying fish roe). I highly recommend doing research on sanitation and using raw fish before venturing any further into the sushi world.
Ingredients
- nori sheets
Sushi Rice
- 1 cup sushi rice washed 6-8 times
- 1 1/4 cup water
- 3 tbsp rice vinegar
- 3/4 tbsp sugar
- 1/2 tsp salt
Tuna Salad Hand Roll
- 1 can yellowfin tuna drained
- 2 tbsp mayonnaise
- 2 tsp lemon juice
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 avocado sliced
Smoked Salmon Hand Roll
- 1/4 lb cold smoked salmon
- 2 oz cream cheese
- cucumber julienned
Crab and Mango Hand Roll
- imitation crab sticks
- mango sliced
- cucumber julienned
Tobiko Hand Roll
- tobiko roe
- mango sliced
- cucumber sliced
Instructions
Sushi Rice
- Place the washed sushi rice and water into a pot. Simmer over medium heat for 15 minutes until cooked through. Add more water if needed.
- Mix together the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt. Pour that into the sushi rice and mix. Set aside.
Prepping the Ingredients
- To make your life easier, have all of the ingredients prepped and ready to go. You can either quarter the sheets of nori to make small hand rolls or trim off 2” of a full nori sheet for larger hand rolls.
Tuna Salad Hand Roll
- Mix the mayo and lemon juice together. Stir into the tuna. Season with salt. Place a couple tbsp of the sushi rice down the center of a sheet of nori. Place a couple of spoonfuls of the tuna salad on top of the rice down the center. Placd a couple of slices of avocado next to the tuna salad.
- Roll it up into a cone shape.
Smoked Salmon Hand Roll
- Place a couple of tbsp of sushi rice down the center of a nori sheet. Place the cream cheese down the center. Place a few pieces of smoked salmon on one side of the cream cheese and a couple of pieces of cucumber on the other side.
- Roll it up into a cone shape.
Crab and Mango Hand Roll
- Place a couple of tbsp of sushi rice down the center of a nori sheet. Place a crab stick down the center of the rice. Place a couple of slices of mango on one side of the crab stick with a few pieces of cucumber on the other side.
- Roll it up into a cone shape.
Tobiko Hand Roll
- Placd a couple of tbsp of sushi rice down the center of a nori sheet. Arrange a couple pieces each of the cucumber, mango, and avocado on top of the rice. Spread a tbsp of tobiko on top of veggies.
- Roll it up into a cone shape. Place a tsp more of tobiko in the cones opening.
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