Sushi (New Year’s Eve Rolls) Recipe

Serves/Makes: 12 slices

Ingredients:

• 2 sheets nori (seaweed), each about 8 inches square
• 2 cups sushi rice filling (see the recipe below)
• Vegetable and seafood fillings, such as small carrot, zucchini, or cucumber sticks; avocado slices; flake-style imitation crab meat; smoked salmon (lox-style); and/or small cooked, peeled, deveined shrimp
• Wasabi sauce*
• Honey-ginger sauce**
• Pickled ginger

How to cook Sushi (New Year’s Eve Rolls):

• Lay nori on a sushi mat topped with plastic wrap. With damp fingers, spread 1 cup of the sushi rice filling onto each sheet to edges, leaving 1/2 inch unfilled at far side. Arrange desired vegetable and seafood fillings just above center close to you.
• Roll nori into a spiral, rolling around filling toward the unfilled edge. (To shape a tight, even roll, place your hands under the of the mat closet to you. While carefully lifting the edge of the mat, roll the rice-tipped nori away from you.) Press unfilled edge over top, brushing with water to seal, if necessary.
• Cut each roll into six slices; arrange on a platter. Serve at once or cover and chill for up to 4 hours.
• Serve with wasabi sauce, honey ginger sauce and, if desired, pickled ginger.

Sushi Rice Filling Recipe

Sushi Rice Filling Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup short grain rice
• 1 cup cold water
• 2 tablespoons rice vinegar
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup finely shredded carrot
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• 1 tablespoon sake or dry sherry (optional)

How to cook Sushi Rice Filling:

• In a fine-mesh sieve, wash uncooked rice under cold running water, rubbing grains together with fingers, about 1 minute or until water runs clear. Drain well.
• In a small saucepan, combine rinsed rice, the cold water, rice vinegar, and salt. Bring to boiling; reduce heat. Cover with a tight-fitting lid; simmer for 15 minutes. (Rice should be sticky.)
• Remove from heat; stir in carrot, sugar and, if desired, sake. Cover and cool about 45 minutes or until room temperature.

Notes:
*For Wasabi Sauce: In a small bowl, stir together 1/4 cup soy sauce and 1 teaspoon powdered wasabi (Japanese horseradish). Cover and chill for up to 24 hours.
**For Honey-Ginger Sauce: In a small saucepan, combine 1/3 cup honey, 2 tablespoons bottled plum sauce, 2 tablespoons soy sauce, and one 2-inch piece fresh ginger, peeled and thinly sliced. Bring just to boiling, stirring frequently; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, for 10 minutes. Strain into a small bowl. Cool. Cover and chill for up to 24 hours.

Comments:
The Sushi (New Year’s Eve Rolls) recipe easy to prepare and so good! This dish is usually served on New Year’s Eve.

This recipe for Sushi (New Year’s Eve Rolls) serves/makes: 12 slices

The Sushi (New Year’s Eve Rolls) recipe is adopted from The Better Homes And Gardens New Cook Book by Jennifer Darling.

Main Ingredient: Seafood Mix
Preparation Method: Marinated/Uncooked 
Cuisine: American