Ingredients
- 4 cups sushi rice (Calrose/short grain)
- Water up to Mount Fuji, see below
- 1 cup rice wine vinegar
- 1/4 cup mirin
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup gari (pickled ginger) julienne
- 1/4 cup toasted sesame seeds
- 1/4 cup chopped green scallions
- Soy syrup
- Wasabi oil
- 1/2 tablespoon honey
- 1/2 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/2 lemon, juiced
- 1/2 tablespoon canola oil
- 1/2 pound fresh picked crab
- 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
- 1/4 cup chopped flat leaf parsley
- 1/4 cup basil chiffonade
- 1 shallot, minced
- Salt and white pepper to taste
- 4 sheets of yaki-nori
- 2 cups rice flour
- 1/2 tablespoon togarashi or chili powder
- 1 quart cold club soda water
- 8 large butterfly shrimp, peeled and de-veined
- 1 package daikon sprouts
- 4 sheets of yaki-nori, cut in half
- 8 scallion fans
- Wasabi oil
- Salt and white pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup wasabi powder
- 1 tablespoon mirin
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- Water
- 1/2 cup canola oil
- 2 cups thin soy sauce
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 lime juiced
Instructions
- Wash rice at least 3 times or until water is clear. Fill rice cooker with water to about 1-inch over rice or use Mt Fuji method. I highly recommend a rice cooker — there’s a reason more than 2 billion people in Asia use them. Slowly heat vinegar, mirin and sugar until very hot but not boiling. Fold in ‘su’ (vinegar and sugar) with the hot rice, add enough so that the rice has a tart/sweet taste. Rice should be shiny, not mushy. Carefully clean inside rim of bowl with damp cloth, cover and let rest for 30 minutes.
- In a bowl, whisk together honey, mustard, lemon juice and oil. Add crab, herbs and minced shallot. Season with salt and pepper and check flavor.
- Lay nori, shiny side down on sushi mat and lightly pat on rice on bottom half of nori, 1/4 inch thick. Place crab filling 2/3 up on rice. Roll, moisten end to seal and let rest.
- In a bowl, mix flour with togarashi, or chili powder, and whisk in club soda until a pancake batter thickness is achieved. Dip the shrimp and scallions in the tempura batter and fry until golden brown, about 4 minutes. Drain on paper towels and season with salt and pepper. Lay the nori vertically with the shiny side down. Using wet hands, lightly place a 1/4-inch thick layer of rice on the bottom half of the nori. Place one shrimp and scallion fan diagonally across the rice from the top left corner to the bottom right. Lay daikon sprouts on top and add a touch of wasabi oil. Roll a cone by bringing the bottom left corner of the nori to half way up the right side edge then roll over. Moisten the top edge to glue. Repeat process.
- In a stainless steel bowl, whisk together wasabi, mirin and sugar. Add water until a loose puree is achieved. Whisk in oil. For extra heat, use less oil.
- Combine all the ingredients and reduce at a simmer until a syrup consistency is achieved, about a 60 to 70 percent reduction. Let cool.
- PLATING
- On a huge white platter, drizzle soy syrup, wasabi oil, sesame seeds, gari and scallions all over. Slice maki-sushi using both bias and straight cuts. Place hand rolls leaning against sushi. Enjoy.
- Wine Suggestion: Haru Junmai-Ginjo Sake
Reviews
Too sweet. I didn’t try to adjust the ratio of the ingredients, but I think I would add more rice vinegar.
This recipe was very helpful but we could have used 1/4 the amount of sugar. It was almost overpowering; more like desert sushi. We used the exact amounts for everything, there just needed to be less sugar.
My dad taught me the same trick when I first learned to cook but instead of filling water to your first knuckle (closest to your palm) it was the knuckle closest to your fingertip…I have yet to try Ming’s way but my dad’s a pretty fabulous Chinese cook and another inch or so worth of water seems like it would turn out overly mushy rice. I will now, of course, have to try this other method to confirm my hypothesis.
I’ve had to learn to make my own since I can’t fund my sushi habit as much as I’d like to. Esier to make than it looks! This is a very good standard sushi rice recipe. I use this in a rice cooker (season afterwards of course!) Its taken me ages to perfect just the right blend of seasonings, but this recipe is a good start. Have to get my sushi fix!
everytime.
The amounts of rice wine vinegar and mirin discussed in this recipe has given me the best results I ever achieved. I will definitely continue using this recipe.