How to Make Sushi at Home 1510773517

Table of contents :
Contents

1.Introduction

2.History

3.Supplies and Tools

Knives

Cutting Board

Rice Cooker

Sushi Oke / Hangiri (wooden sushi mixing bowl)

Shamoji (rice paddle)

Makisu (bamboo rolling mat)

Otoshibuta (drop lid)

Moribashi (plating chopsticks)

Fish Bone Tweezers

Tamagoyaki Frying Pan

4.Basic Pantry Ingredients

Rice

Rice Vinegar

Nori (dried seaweed)

Shoyu (soy sauce)

Wasabi

Gari (pickled ginger)

Goma (sesame seeds)

Dashi (Japanese stock)

Tempurako (tempura flour)

5.Sauce Recipes

Spicy Mayo

Unagi Sauce (eel sauce)

Nikiri Shoyu

6.Vegetables and Other Fresh Ingredients

Avocado

Cucumber

Daikon (Japanese radish)

Negi (green onion)

Carrot

Jalapeño

Asparagus

Takuwan (Japanese pickled radish)

Lettuce

Shiso (Japanese perilla leaf)

Kaiware Daikon (baby radish sprouts)

Kanpyo (Japanese gourd)

Red Radish

Tamago (egg)

Inari (fried tofu pocket)

7.Sourcing Fish and Seafood

What Does “Sushi-Grade” Mean?

Where to Buy Fish

How to Buy Fish

8.Fish and Seafood Preparation

9.Cutting Fish

How to Cut Fish for Sashimi

How to Cut Fish for Rolls

How to Cut Fish for Nigirizushi

10.Sashimi

Assorted Sashimi Plate

11.Sushi Rice

Cooking Rice

Making Sushi Rice

Making Sushi Vinegar

12.Makizushi (Sushi Rolls)

Hosomaki (thin roll)

Tekkamaki (tuna roll)

Kappamaki (cucumber roll)

Negihama (yellowtail green onion roll)

Uramaki (inside-out roll)

California Roll

Spicy Tuna Roll

Philadelphia (Philly) Roll

Salmon Skin Roll

Rainbow Roll

Caterpillar Roll

Dragon Roll

Tatemaki (vertical roll)

Shrimp Tempura Roll

Futomaki (“big” roll)

Temaki (hand roll)

Temaki Party

13.Nigirizushi

Assorted Nigiri Platter

14.Gunkanmaki (Battleship Sushi)

Assorted Gunkanmaki Plate

15.Temarizushi (Sushi Ball)

Assorted Temari Plate

16.Chirashizushi (Scattered Sushi)

Chirashi-don/Kaisen-don (scattered sushi bowl/seafood bowl)

Barazushi (Kansai-style scattered sushi)

17.Inarizushi (Fried Tofu Pocket Sushi)

Kanto-Style Inarizushi

18.Other Recipes

Dashi Stock

Braised Shiitake Mushrooms

Miso-shiru (miso soup)

Shrimp Tempura

Tamagoyaki

Homemade Pickled Ginger (gari)

19.Presentation

Sushi Rolls

Nigirizushi

Sashimi

Garnishes

20.Sake and Other Drink Pairings

Sake (Nihon-shu)

Beer

Wine

Cocktails/Spirits

21.Sushi Etiquette

22.Sushi Glossary

Index

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