Anyone Professional Sushi Chefs here?

[bleeb]

I love sushi. I want to make. How?

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: bleeb
I love sushi. I want to make. How?

buy sushi grade fish. eat the fish.

in all seriousness, the main thing a sushi chef needs to learn is how to choose the best fish. the quality of the fish depends on the sushi chef (and probably the restaurant he's at)

 

[EvilYoda]

google?

find good fish supply, pick favorite fish...mix vinegar with steamed rice...buy sheets of dried seewead...layer seaweed then rice then slices of fish/sea creature along with various condiments ontop of bamboo roller, press, voila.

 

[TheBDB]

The key to sushi is the rice. Make sure to get sushi rice and not long grain rice. Mix rice vinegar with sugar and salt (google for the proper proportions), and mix that in with the cooked rice. Prepare it with the fish however you like.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: TheBDB
The key to sushi is the rice. Make sure to get sushi rice and not long grain rice. Mix rice vinegar with sugar and salt (google for the proper proportions), and mix that in with the cooked rice. Prepare it with the fish however you like.

no... the key to sushi is the fish

 

[TheBDB]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: TheBDB
The key to sushi is the rice. Make sure to get sushi rice and not long grain rice. Mix rice vinegar with sugar and salt (google for the proper proportions), and mix that in with the cooked rice. Prepare it with the fish however you like.

no... the key to sushi is the fish

Ummmm....yeah. It isn't too hard to buy good fish. I usually get yellowfin tuna. It's about $20/lb but it is really good.

 

[Anubis]

get a book, i have one its cool, came with a rolling mat as well

 

[SZLiao214]

Dont forget that you cant really save it for the next day. The rice will harden in a few hours.

 

[xcript]

I like sushi.

 

[konichiwa]

Originally posted by: bleeb
I love sushi. I want to make. How?

http://www.engrish.com/image/engrish/quality-contril.jpg

 

[dc]

nigiri sushi > maki sushi

 

[brigden]

I'm not a professional sushi chef, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

 

[cchen]

Originally posted by: TheBDB

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: TheBDB
The key to sushi is the rice. Make sure to get sushi rice and not long grain rice. Mix rice vinegar with sugar and salt (google for the proper proportions), and mix that in with the cooked rice. Prepare it with the fish however you like.

no... the key to sushi is the fish

Ummmm....yeah. It isn't too hard to buy good fish. I usually get yellowfin tuna. It's about $20/lb but it is really good.

there's a big difference when it comes to good fish and great fish in sushi/sashimi

 

[Howard]

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: TheBDB

Originally posted by: cchen

Originally posted by: TheBDB
The key to sushi is the rice. Make sure to get sushi rice and not long grain rice. Mix rice vinegar with sugar and salt (google for the proper proportions), and mix that in with the cooked rice. Prepare it with the fish however you like.

no... the key to sushi is the fish

Ummmm....yeah. It isn't too hard to buy good fish. I usually get yellowfin tuna. It's about $20/lb but it is really good.

there's a big difference when it comes to good fish and great fish in sushi/sashimi

Yep. There are two kinds of salmon - the kind you have to chew, and the kind that melts in your mouth. Just an example out of many.

 

[Turkish]

Sushi is yummy & healthy.

 

don't forget to toast the weed, otherwise it's chewy

or go sashimi and skip the rice and the weed

 

[AreaCode707]

Make rice and chill it. Don't use hot rice to make sushi. You make the sushi rice by adding rice vinegar, it's not just regular rice.

lay the nori (dried seaweed, easy to find in most grocery stores in the Asian foods aisle) down on a bamboo mat (cheap to purchase at the right ethnic-foods store). It's easier to make if you put the nori first and the rice inside. You can do it the other way around, but it probably won't hold as well. There's usually a picture on the nori package of how you should spread the rice - you want to leave 1/2 to 1" of nori not covered by the rice, since you use that to seal the sushi up.

Put your ingredients on the nori and rice layers in a line towards the bottom. Roll it up, wet your finger with water and dab the nori (the part you left uncovered wtih rice). Having the nori slightly damp and pressing it down will cause it to stick and seal the roll shut.

Buy your ingredients at a specialty store - sushi grade fish is worth it.

 

[myusername]

So it's like rolling a giant smelly spliff...

I loves the sushi, but I found that if you make two meals in a day out of it, you fart sushi all the next day, which is kinda .. well ... hilarious if you happen to have access to a slow elevator in a crowded hi-rise.

BTW, I saw at the store that texas gourmet rice Tex-mati has a rice labeled "sushi" .. anyone have any comments on it?

 

[SZLiao214]

Originally posted by: HotChic
Make rice and chill it. Don't use hot rice to make sushi. You make the sushi rice by adding rice vinegar, it's not just regular rice.

lay the nori (dried seaweed, easy to find in most grocery stores in the Asian foods aisle) down on a bamboo mat (cheap to purchase at the right ethnic-foods store). It's easier to make if you put the nori first and the rice inside. You can do it the other way around, but it probably won't hold as well. There's usually a picture on the nori package of how you should spread the rice - you want to leave 1/2 to 1" of nori not covered by the rice, since you use that to seal the sushi up.

Put your ingredients on the nori and rice layers in a line towards the bottom. Roll it up, wet your finger with water and dab the nori (the part you left uncovered wtih rice). Having the nori slightly damp and pressing it down will cause it to stick and seal the roll shut.

Buy your ingredients at a specialty store - sushi grade fish is worth it.

she has the skills