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Making Sushi: Sushi and Sashimi Basics
The words sushi and sashimi refer to two related yet different types of Japanese food that both use fish as their main ingredient. Sushi: Raw fish, vegetables, and other ingredients served in or o ...
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Making Sushi: How to Buy and Care for Sushi Knives
The main difference between Japanese sushi knives and conventional Western-style knives is that sushi knives are usually honed on just one side. This creates a sharper edge that allows sushi knive ...
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Making Sushi: How to Use Sushi Knives
Making sushi and sashimi requires cutting ingredients to precise sizes and shapes. With the right tools and a few practice sessions, you can learn to make elegant cuts which will make your sushi a ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Sushi Rice
When people think about sushi, they generally focus on the seafood. But to make great sushi, you must also make great sushi rice . This entails both buying the right rice and preparing it correctl ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Finger Sushi (Nigiri)
Finger sushi , or nigiri , is the type of sushi most often ordered in sushi restaurants. When you order generic “sushi” at a restaurant, you get finger sushi. Commonly made using sea ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Sushi Rolls (Maki)
Sushi rolls , or maki , are made by wrapping sushi rice and fillings in nori. Along with finger sushi, they’re one of the most popular types of sushi. The nori wrapping gives maki a slight ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Inside-Out Rolls (Ura-Maki)
Inside-out rolls , or ura-maki , are a popular variation on traditional sushi rolls. In this type of roll, the rice is on the outside of the nori, and the nori surrounds the ingredients in the rol ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Hand Rolls (Temaki)
Hand rolls , or temaki , are made by rolling rice and ingredients into a cone of nori. Any fillings you’d put into a sushi roll or inside-out roll can also be made into a hand roll. Hand ro ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Battleship Sushi (Gunkan Maki)
Battleship sushi , or gunkan maki , resembles a boat. It‘s made by wrapping nori around a small bed of rice and then placing a topping over the rice. Battleship sushi is most often made wit ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Pressed Sushi (Oshi)
Pressed sushi , or oshi , is the oldest form of sushi and comes from an ancient Japanese method of preserving fish in rice. It’s made by packing rice, fish, vegetables, and other ingredient ...
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Making Sushi: How to Make Scattered Sushi (Chirashi)
Many people find scattered sushi to be the easiest type of sushi to make because it doesn’t require shaping rice. All it requires is arranging fish, vegetables, and sometimes meat onto a be ...
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