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Step 6Stuff to put in your bento: Sushi
Sushi is probably the most versatile food you can put in a bento box. Believe it or not it is quick and easy to make. Aside from cooking the rice making a sushi roll can take as little as 5 minutes.
Sushi could certainly be its own Instructable. But instead of trying to cover every type of sushi you could find in a really fantastic bento box I'm only going to cover one just to get you started. Maki sushi is the round, nori-wrapped (seaweed), sushi roll with any number of tasty fillings. Let's use the tempura beans from the last step to fill this one.
Prepare your Sushi rice and let it cool. Calrose rice with a dash of rice vinegar and a dash of mirin is what I like to use. The kind of rice you use is important - use sushi, calrose, or sticky rice.
Now you have your rice, nori, wasabi, and your fried beans. It's time to roll!
Place your nori paper (seaweed) shiny side down on your table or bamboo mat. Prepare a shallow dish of water to dip your fingertips in to keep the sticky rice from sticky-ing to your fingers. Cover the entire sheet with rice except for a strip about an inch wide at the top. Place the wasabi and beans about two inches up from the bottom. Roll tightly bottom to top and stop just short of the bare nori strip at the top. Wet the top strip with water with your fingertips and complete the roll. Cut in half and half again.
You now have the option of sushi to add to your bento boxes! It's small, doesn't require refridgeration, and fun to make!
Sushi could certainly be its own Instructable. But instead of trying to cover every type of sushi you could find in a really fantastic bento box I'm only going to cover one just to get you started. Maki sushi is the round, nori-wrapped (seaweed), sushi roll with any number of tasty fillings. Let's use the tempura beans from the last step to fill this one.
Prepare your Sushi rice and let it cool. Calrose rice with a dash of rice vinegar and a dash of mirin is what I like to use. The kind of rice you use is important - use sushi, calrose, or sticky rice.
Now you have your rice, nori, wasabi, and your fried beans. It's time to roll!
Place your nori paper (seaweed) shiny side down on your table or bamboo mat. Prepare a shallow dish of water to dip your fingertips in to keep the sticky rice from sticky-ing to your fingers. Cover the entire sheet with rice except for a strip about an inch wide at the top. Place the wasabi and beans about two inches up from the bottom. Roll tightly bottom to top and stop just short of the bare nori strip at the top. Wet the top strip with water with your fingertips and complete the roll. Cut in half and half again.
You now have the option of sushi to add to your bento boxes! It's small, doesn't require refridgeration, and fun to make!
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CON, it only makes squares, rectangles, triangles, hearts, and a huge circle. But no bento sized circle... :(