Making sushi

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maybe pompano

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You can eat this raw? Asking genuinely because I don’t know. Or are you cooking it?

Anyway my absolute favorite dipping sauce for sushi is ponzu mixed with truffle oil. Ponzu with togarashi is also great.

Asparagus is good in sushi.

Saw some the other day fresh and thought I might roll the dice internet says it is good. You can eat almost any fish raw. Hell I cut open a bream on a camping trip and ate the heck out of it. Granted it was for a 100 bet, but I didn't get sick.

I have made my own multiple times. Fun and interesting. Rice came out great! My only issue is the cost. Cheaper to go out and eat sushi for a variety of rolls versus just a couple for the money.

Make Poke instead. Way easier and still the same thing served in a different presentation. The costs of ingredients are expensive the first go around, but then it is cheap once you have all the sauces.

I will marinade cut up fish (slice against the grain) in a mixture of soy sauce (base) and sriracha, sriracha chili paste, honey, wasabi to your liking. It tastes similar to the spicy tuna marinades they use in restaurants.

I make a spicy mayo to go on top which is a mixture of mayo (hellmans of course), sriracha, and sesame oil

For the rest of the fixings, I have sliced and diced up carrots, mangoes, radishes, green onions, bell peppers, jalapenos, avocados and more

I also make an asian slaw to go with it but that recipe is secret baw

If you want to go with an experience of making something, you could also try a tuna tower. Google tuna tower Kona grill. You could always add other ingredients as well. MIL always requests I do these for her birthday. Just use an old Guidry’s Container or something similar to get the shape. Put a spit on top of the container so it will release.

I'm thinking about doing the same tomorrow night and I've never made sushi myself so thanks for starting this thread. I've heard getting the rice correct is the toughest part. Also, making a sushi cone (tomaki) is a little less work and more forgiving than rolls.

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Nail the rice and you are golden. frick that up, and your not going to have a good time.

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Use quality short grain rice (Tamaki Gold is my favorite). Make sure to thoroughly wash off the excess starch. The water should not be cloudy when it goes in your rice cooker.

Use a decent unseasoned rice vinegar and you have to go through some trial and error to find out your personal preference of quantity/proportion for seasoning the rice.

Here are some of my old recipes from my time as an assistant sushi chef. The quantities are rather large so you'll have to convert them for home use. These will get you started.

Sushi recipes:
3-2-1/2 Rice Vinegar Mix
9qt rice vinegar
6qt sugar
1.5qt iodized salt
4x6 piece kombu

Mix all ingredients and periodically stir until sugar is dissolved and refrigerate 48 hours before use. You can add sliced citrus such a lemon, lime, and orange to add a little more complexity to the pallet.

Soy Syrup (eel sauce)
1 cup sugar
8 cup soy
1 tsp hon dashi

Heat over medium heat to dissolve sugar in soy and reduce by 1/4. Stir in hon dashi and allow to cool. To make pomegranate soy syrup, Add 16 oz of POM pomegranate juice & reduce to similar consistency.

Soy Dijon
8 cup rice mix
3 cup dijon mustard
1 cup soy

mix all ingredient well and refrigerate

Soy Ponzu
4 cup rice vinegar
2 cup soy
1 cup lemon juice
.5 tsp hon dashi

mix all ingredient well and refrigerate

Sesame Ponzu
1.5 cups sesame seeds
1 cup soy ponzu
½ cup mirin
1/4 cup ginger juice from pickled ginger
sansho pepper to taste
salt to taste

Toast sesame seeds in a dry pan and puree in blender with ponzu to form paste, add rest of ingredients, blend well, and refrigerate overnight. Strain sauce and reserve.

Something fun we would do for Valentine's day is oshi-sushi using unagi, strawberries, goat cheese, soy syrup, & strawberry ponzu. I know it sounds weird but, the fat from the goat cheese and the sweetness of the unagi with soy syrup really complimented the sweet-tart flavor of the strawberries. It was very popular among the female patrons.

Good luck and remember to just have fun and laugh...

Not authentic at all, but I've made some bacon avocado rolls that were awesome.

I also like sesame seeds on outside of the rice.

shop amazon and get a box sushi press for $8. You can make anything you want and it's easy as pie

this pic is from the food challenge we use to have

if you have the imagination, you can do this