How to Make Sushi!!! Maki style (rolled sushi)

Sushi. I japanese it means "Vinegared Rice." It has nothing to do with raw fish, that is sashimi. It can contain raw fish, but that is not what the name means. So, Do you love sushi? Do you think it is too hard to make? Well that, is why you fail!!!! But if you believe you can do it, and pretty much anyone can, continue on reading!!!!

My first instructable!!!!!!!!!!!!

Also, all credit for this recipe goes to Alton Brown, the most awesome chef in the world. He has a show on food network called good eats. CHECK IT OUT!!!!!!!!!!

I should have washed the rice more, it turned out more gummy than it usually does.

Step 1 Gather all of your ingredients

The kind i am going to make today is a California roll.
All of the ingredients you need are:
Nori, people say it is roasted seaweed, but it is really algae,
Short or medium grain rice, long grain will not work, it has to do with the starches
rice vinegar
salt
sugar
sesame seeds
avocado, or cream cheese, i ran out of avocado so i am doing this with cream cheese
crab sticks
gari, pickeled ginger
wasabi, i dont use it but you are welcome to
cucumber
shoyu ,soy sauce

Comments

[KittyF]

excellent. you make me think I can do this. thanks.

[KittyF]

I've never had this in a restaurant, just from the grocery store deli. So I use fingers. I can't even imagine how to use the chopsticks for sushi. but the wasabi, that is my FAVORITE condiment in the world. that stuff is on my grab it list when I have a cold or flu. great stuff.

[KittyF]

I think that's dutch for low fat Farmers cheese. or something. LOL

[Chimex14]

ROFl @ the comments on teh pictures

[halberdear]

You don't use wasabi? 

[sk8trboipyro]

If i could find a good source for real wasabi, which is a root that is grated into a bowl, instead of the wasabi you get in most sushi ya's and stores, horseradish with food coloring, i would.

[porcupinemamma]

Your Instructable is superb! so very well done!

[sk8trboipyro]

 Thank you :)

[PonchoLibre]

I love this instructable! but is it possible to roll the sushi without nori? I cannot seem to find any. I ask around but I get confused looks in my local grocery store? could it be found at a bigger city like grocery store?

[sk8trboipyro]

Is it because you don't like the taste? Or do you not like the look? If you don't like the taste, you can use rice paper, which you probably find in your local grocery store, or an asian market if there is one near you, or the intraweb. If you don't like the look, you can make it umaki style, which is rolled with the nori on the inside, instead of the outside of the roll, you just cover the rolling mat with plastic wrap, and flip over the nori after you put the rice on it. I'm glad you like the instructable, Thanks, Blake

[PonchoLibre]

I don't mind nori actually i like how it looks and how it tastes its just nowhere i know sells any nori or rice papers for that matter so i just wanted to know if there is a way on how to roll it without the nori on the inside or out?

[downgrade]

You could just make onigiri, which is a rice ball instead of actual sushi... just put whatever ingredients you were going to into the ball.

[sk8trboipyro]

I don't know, that would be a good idea though, most of my friends don't like sushi because of the nori. You can find nori in pretty much any good Grocery Store, just look for the "Asian Aisle." I even found it in Wal-Mart a few times!

[rustlabs]

thankyou for this instructable. i'll have to try this sometime

[sk8trboipyro]

No problem! Thanks for viewing my instructable.

[lemonie]

Looks great. Did you really take those pictures in 2005? L

[sk8trboipyro]

No, my cameras clock won't set for some reason. I got the camera in 2005.

[lemonie]

I never bother to set mine so all my pictures are dated 2000, but it doesn't date-stamp the actual image. L

[Lftndbt]

Num Num Num!! Nice I'ble. I love Sushi!!