How to prepare sushi rice?

Name: How to prepare sushi rice?
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 6
Cuisine: En
Ingredients: 400 g short-grain rice; Water (for washing the rice to remove the starch); 700 ml water (for cooking); 70 ml rice vinegar; 8 g salt; 40 g sugar

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Side dish

Very Easy

30 min

263 Kcal

Sushi rice, or vinegared rice, is the base for many Japanese dishes. Its main characteristic is its sticky texture, and its sour, salty and sweet flavors. This stickiness is essential because it helps ingredients such as fish and vegetables stick together. But is it easy to prepare? Believe it or not, yes! You can use it to make sushi and other dishes such as maki, poke bowls, club maki, temaki and bento boxes, among others. Discover this recipe, and you’ll want to make it again and again. Watch the video and follow the step-by-step instructions below ↓↓

Ingredients

Sushi rice:

400 g short-grain rice
Water (for washing the rice to remove the starch)
700 ml water (for cooking)

Vinegar preparation:

70 ml rice vinegar
8 g salt
40 g sugar

Estimated cost: 1.34€ (0.22€/serving)

Materials

Saucepan

Preparation

Preparation5 min

Waiting time10 min

Cook time15 min

For the rice:
Wash the rice very thoroughly to remove all the starch. The water should be almost transparent.
Place the washed rice and cold water in a saucepan. Cover. When the water comes to a boil, cook over low heat for 10 to 15 minutes, keeping the pan covered. The rice is ready when it has absorbed all the water. Turn off the heat and leave it covered for 10 minutes.
In a bowl, mix the vinegar, salt and sugar (the sugar will dissolve more easily if the vinegar is warm. To warm it, heat the vinegar in a saucepan, but do not let it boil). Gently mix this liquid into the rice.
Leave the rice to cool. To do this, spread it out on a large baking tray (this is the most efficient way).

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Observations

How do you choose rice?
Choose short- or medium-grain rice, preferably, although some people prefer long-grain rice because it is easier to handle and shape into sushi. You may find it labelled as sushi rice or Japanese rice. Some packages indicate whether the rice is suitable for sushi.

Why should we wash the rice?
It is important to wash the rice thoroughly to remove as much starch as possible.

Use a special spoon for the rice:
It can be a wooden, bamboo or plastic spoon. If you can, set aside a spoon to use only for preparing rice so that it does not pick up the flavors of other foods.

Let the rice rest in the covered pan:
Allow the sushi rice to rest for the specified time, and do not uncover it.

Why should I use warm vinegar?
The sugar will dissolve much more easily in warm vinegar.

How do you make the rice shiny?
Here’s a tip worth its weight in gold: as you add the seasoning, keep stirring and ask someone to fan the rice. This will help the steam escape more quickly and make the rice shiny.

Which dishes use vinegared rice?
Vinegared rice is the base for many dishes, such as sushi, maki, poke bowls, club maki, temaki and bento boxes.