Vegan Sushi

Vegan Sushi

• 3 cups uncooked sushi rice
• 3 1/4 cups water
• 1/3 cup seasoned rice vinegar
• 1 package nori seaweed
• Cucumber sliced into sticks
• Carrot sliced into sticks
• Green onions sliced into strips
• Avocado sliced into strips
• Sweet potato fries cooked according to package directions
• Soy sauce
• Wasabi paste
• Pickled ginger
• Sushi rolling mat
• Large plastic zip top bag
• Something to fan the rice with

In your rice cooker, combine the sushi rice with the water and cook according to your cooker’s directions. This should take about 20 minutes to cook.

While the rice is cooking slice up your sushi toppings into small sticks and arrange on a plate for easy sushi making. I used cucumber, carrot, green onion, avocado, and sweet potato fries.

When your rice cooker signals that the rice is done and switches to the “keep warm” setting, let the rice stay in the cooker with the lid shut for another 15 minutes or so to finalize the steaming.

Once the rice is done steaming, transfer it to a bowl and gently mix in all of the seasoned rice vinegar. While you are mixing in the vinegar, have someone use something to fan the bowl of rice to bring it down to room temperature.

Place your rolling mat inside of a large zip top bag to help keep the mat clean and begin assembling your sushi! I do the rice-on-the-inside sushi, so I laid down the nori sheet first and then gently spread out a layer of cooled sushi rice. Once the rice is down, just layer in whatever inside you would like in a line about an inch or two down from the top of the nori.

Roll the sushi up by rolling the sushi mat up slowly while pausing occasionally to squeeze the roll into shape and tuck the top edge inside.

Remove the whole sushi roll and place on a clean, flat surface. Cut the sushi roll into 8 pieces using a really sharp knife. Make sure to avoid excessive pressure on the sushi to make sure it doesn’t get all squished.

Serve with a bowl of soy sauce on the side with wasabi paste and pickled ginger. And chopsticks of course.

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