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Brown Rice Sushi | HomespunOasis.com

We love Sushi. For years and years when we lived in Oregon we went out for sushi on a regular basis. I hate to think how much money that we spent eating sushi out over the years. I had no idea that it was so easy to make at home. Fair warning; I’m sure that the way that I’m making sushi breaks every sushi making rule but the results have been wonderful and I think a little more nutritious than traditional sushi.

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The Equipment

Bamboo sushi mat- these can be purchased in Asian Grocery stores, ordered online or even purchased in some regular grocery stores. I was given mine after receiving a sushi making lesson from a friend. Cover your mat with plastic wrap for easy cleanup. It’s possible to roll sushi without the mat. Just go slow!

The Ingredients

Sushi Rice

  • Brown Rice
  • Sucanat
  • Apple Cider Vinegar
  • Sea Salt

Early in the day, soak the rice (use steps 1 & 2 in this recipe). Then cook on stove top or in rice cooker adding an additional cup of water. This will help make sticky rice which will hold together much better.

When the rice is cooked, put about 3 cups of it in a bowl. Add 1/2 cup rice wine vinegar or instead of using rice wine vinegar; 1/2 cup of cider vinegar with 1 teaspoon Sucanat and 1/2 teaspoon sea salt (in order to dissolve the sugar and salt  put the vinegar in a pot over low heat) per 3 cups of cooked rice.

Mix it up and allow to cool to room temperature.

Fillings

Use your favorite restaurant sushi as a guide or do an internet search for ideas.  In this tutorial I made two varieties:  Smoked salmon and yogurt cheese  plus Tuna steak (I used a frozen, thawed steak), avocado and celery.

Prep Work

Do all of the chopping and prep work before starting to roll the sushi. Cut fish into small strips (you can see examples in the pictures below), cut the avocado and celery in thin strips. Form the cheese into strips (I ‘molded’ my cheese into a square container and cut it out of that).

Assembly

Place your Nori on your bamboo mat. And top with your ‘sushi rice’. Place the ingredients in the middle (see pictures below).

Place your thumbs on the back of the mat and begin rolling away from you. Roll the sushi until the edge of the nori is placed under the sushi. Shape the roll by pressing lightly with both hands. Remove the bamboo mat.

Brown Rice Sushi | HomespunOasis.com

Nori topped with sushi rice (probably 3/4 cup of rice, if you use too much it all squirts out) and strips of smoked salmon.

Brown Rice Sushi | HomespunOasis.com

This is with the yogurt cheese added to the salmon.
Brown Rice Sushi | HomespunOasis.com

 Tuna steaks cut into strips, with avocado and celery sticks.

Brown Rice Sushi | HomespunOasis.com
Cut each of the rolls into 6 pieces.
My sushi doesn’t look that great but it tastes wonderful. My girls do not notice a difference in the taste using the soaked brown rice compared to regular sushi rice. The rice is a little stickier but doesn’t bother us. For the fillings, you can use just about anything. We also make Kimbap which uses cooked beef or chicken instead of fish. Sushi is also a portable food, we’ve take it packed in a cooler for a quick and nutritious lunch.
The cost for the sushi ended up being about $9 for all of us (baby had rice with beef broth instead of sushi). Definitely a reasonable price for a delicious dinner.
2018 Update: This post, originally from 2010, brings back such happy memories! Each Friday night we would make either sushi or pizza. My two youngest girls, then 14 & 13, would join me in the kitchen for our special family night dinner. We had so much fun!
Now those girls are all grown. The once 14 year old is now 22 and married. When we visited her at Christmas time she revived Friday night sushi at her house.  So wonderful. <3

What fillings do you like in your sushi?

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