Japanese · serves 2
Sushi Rice Bites
Vinegared rice pressed into little blocks with whatever you like on top. No raw fish involved.
Ingredients
- 3 cups cooked short grain rice, still warm
- 1/4 cup rice vinegar
- 3 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp salt
- Soy sauce
- Wasabi or grated horseradish
- Shiitake mushrooms, cooked, for topping
- Cucumber, avocado or blanched vegetables for topping
Method
- Mix the vinegar, salt and sugar until dissolved and pour it over the warm rice.
- Cut it in with a flat spoon — cut, don't stir, or you crush the grains to paste.
- Keep the rice covered with a damp cloth while you work. It dries out fast.
- Wet your palm, press a tablespoon of rice into a block, top it, and set it on the plate.
- Soy sauce with a little wasabi stirred in, as a dip.