Sushi Rice

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The main ingredient in sushi is rice, therefore it is important that it is cooked perfectly.

When cooking rice for sushi, you add flavour to the rice by adding a marinade while the rice is still hot.

Use the rice for homemade sushi or poké bowls.

Ingredients

Marinade

4 tbsp. Japanese Rice Vinegar

2 tbsp. Sugar

0.5 tsp. Salt

Rice

3 dl Sushi rice

3.5 dl Water

Steps

1
Make the marinade

Mix all the ingredients in a saucepan. Set the temperature to 95 ºC. Heat the marinade until the sugar has dissolved.

Pour into a bowl.

2
Cook the rice

Rinse the sushi rice thoroughly until the water runs clear. They need to be rinsed several times, it usually takes around 5 minutes.

Leave the rice to soak for 30-40 minutes to absorb water and soften the rice. The rice is ready when you can crush a grain between two fingernails. Drain the rice.

Add the rice and the amount of water indicated in the ingredients list to the pot. Start the programme.

3
Mix the marinade with the rice

Transfer the cooked rice to a shallow dish, to allow the steam to leave the rice. Add the marinade and mix to combine.

Allow the rice to cool. Stir occasionally.

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