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Sushi
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Sushi

15 ingredients 30 min + 1 hr Serves 4 openrecipes

Sushi means vinegared rice - it is not a reference to the raw fish. Whoever thought of combining it with raw fish, pickled ginger and wasabi in all of its wonderful varied forms is a genius.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

893
Calories
53g
Protein
36g
Fat
78g
Carbs

Counts 11 of 14 ingredients — the other 3 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 11 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Avocado 1 medium (150g) 240
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Rice 1 cup cooked (158g) white 206
Shrimp 100g cooked 99
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Sake 1 oz (30ml) 39
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Cucumber 1/2 cup sliced (52g) 16
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Kombu not in our table 0
Seaweed not in our table 0
Wasabi not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 200ml/7fl oz rice wine
  • 4 tbsp sugar
  • 4 tsp salt
  • 3cm/1¼in piece of kombu seaweed
  • 750g/1lb 9oz sushi rice
  • selection of fish, such as tuna, salmon, white fish
  • raw king prawns
  • 2 tbsp sake
  • paste, to taste wasabi
  • nori seaweed
  • cucumber
  • avocado
  • pickled ginger
  • wasabi
  • soy sauce

Directions

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By bbcfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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