Best Chef Johns Easy Sushi Rice Recipes

PERFECT SUSHI RICE

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Here is my recipe for the perfect sushi rice. You can eat this alone or roll into your favorite sushi roll with ingredients of choice. I use strips of carrots, cucumbers and slices of avocado. You can adjust the amount of vinegar in this recipe to suit your taste.

Provided by LucyDelRey

Categories Appetizers and Snacks

Time 25m

Yield 15

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 cups uncooked glutinous white rice (sushi rice)
3 cups water
½ cup rice vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
¼ cup white sugar
1 teaspoon salt

Steps:

Rinse the rice in a strainer or colander until the water runs clear. Combine with water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 minutes. Rice should be tender and water should be absorbed. Cool until cool enough to handle.
In a small saucepan, combine the rice vinegar, oil, sugar and salt. Cook over medium heat until the sugar dissolves. Cool, then stir into the cooked rice. When you pour this in to the rice it will seem very wet. Keep stirring and the rice will dry as it cools.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 112.2 calories, Carbohydrate 23.5 g, Fat 1 g, Fiber 0.7 g, Protein 1.7 g, SaturatedFat 0.2 g, Sodium 158.2 mg, Sugar 3.3 g

DYNAMITE RICE

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This recipe is inspired by the popular dynamite sushi roll. We use some of the same elements to create something that's not only gorgeous and delicious, but is also one of the easiest, most foolproof ways to cook seafood ever. So, if you enjoy seafood but are afraid to cook it, this is the technique for you.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Rice Bowl Recipes

Time 1h10m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 18

Ingredients

1 cup uncooked medium-grain white rice (such as Calrose variety)
1 ¼ cups water
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
2 teaspoons white sugar
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 tablespoon toasted sesame seeds
2 tablespoons bonito flakes
1 sheet nori (dried seaweed), cut into thin strips
⅔ cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon soy sauce
½ teaspoon toasted sesame oil
2 tablespoons Sriracha hot sauce
1 cup bay scallops
12 peeled and deveined large shrimp, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1 pinch cayenne pepper, or to taste
1 dash Sriracha hot sauce, or to taste
1 pinch toasted sesame seeds, or to taste
¼ cup thinly sliced green onions

Steps:

Rinse rice and drain. Add rice to a pot and pour in water. Bring to a simmer over high heat, then reduce heat to low. Cover and cook for 20 minutes. Turn off heat and let rest for 10 minutes.
While rice cooks, combine rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together in a small bowl until dissolved. Set aside.
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Lightly grease a shallow 2-quart baking dish with some sesame oil.
Uncover rice and drizzle over seasoned vinegar mixture. Use a fork to break up and fluff rice. Transfer rice into the prepared baking dish. Sprinkle over toasted sesame seeds, bonito flakes, and nori; use a fork to gently stir into the rice.
Mix mayonnaise, soy sauce, ½ teaspoon sesame oil, and Sriracha for topping together in a bowl and stir in scallops and shrimp. Spread over rice, and sprinkle cayenne over the top.
Bake in the center of the preheated oven until the seafood is just cooked through (or 95% cooked through), about 20 minutes. Turn oven to a high broil setting, and brown the top, 1 to 2 minutes. Garnish the top with more Sriracha, toasted sesame seeds, and green onions before serving.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 591.7 calories, Carbohydrate 46 g, Cholesterol 128.4 mg, Fat 32.8 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 26.7 g, SaturatedFat 5 g, Sodium 1433.8 mg