From Novice to Sushi Pro: Crafting the Perfect Sushi Rice

Learn how to make sushi rice perfectly every time with this video tutorial. All you need are simple ingredients such as rice vinegar, sugar, salt, and kombu. Once you master the secret of making sushi rice, you will be ready to dish up all kinds of mouth-watering sushi recipes!
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CHAPTERS
0:00 – Intro
0:28 – Measure rice
0:47 – Rinse rice
1:33 – Prepare rice in the rice cooker pot, soak, and cook
2:06 – Make sushi vinegar
2:29 – Transfer cooked rice to sushi oke
3:03 – Pour sushi vinegar
3:08 – “Slice” the rice while fanning
3:40 – Keep the rice / Ready to use!
3:47 – Outro

🎙️ Voiceover: Me 🙋🏻‍♀️
🎥 Filming and Editing: Jason (https://instagram.com/xninjason/)

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Konnichiwa! I’m Nami, the creator of the Just One Cookbook website and cooking blog. I am glad that you are here with me. Here and on JustOneCookbook.com, you can find over 1,200 recipes, cooking tips, step-by-step instructions, ingredients, and shopping guides focused on Japanese cuisine.

I’m a native Japanese, born and raised in Yokohama, Japan, and now live in San Francisco, California, with my husband Mr. JOC, two high school kids, and a dog named Miso. I also wrote three Japanese cookbooks, where I share popular recipes like Oyakodon, Tamagoyaki, Chawanmushi, Sushi, Okonomiyaki, Mochi Ice Cream, Gyoza, Ramen, and more!

Today I’ll be making sushi rice a perfectly seasoned Japanese rice for all kinds of sushi I’m from just one cookbook a good sushi rice is a key to make delicious sushi whether it’s Nigi Sushi or hand roll sushi in this video I’ll also share how to properly rinse

And cook the Japanese rice before we start don’t forget to subscribe to my channel and make sure to click the Bell icon for new updates now let’s get started when you make sushi you must use Japanese sh grain white rice for the optimal texture and flavor for this

Recipe I’m using three rice cooker cups or 2 and 1/4 cups of rice overfill a rice cooker cup and leave it off for proper measurement to rinse rice add just enough water to submerge all the rice then discard the water immediately rice absorbs water very quickly when you start rinsing so

This step helps remove impurities from the rice it prevents the rice from absorbing the first few runs of Milky water use your fingers to gently agitate the wet rice grain in a circular motion for 10 to 15 seconds add water and immediately discard the crowdy Water repeat washing and rinsing the rice until the water is almost clear use a seed and drain the rice shake off any excess water Water put the drained rice in the inner po of the rice cooker and add 540 mL of water for sushi rice the ratio of riced water is 1 to one by volume less water compared to making regular steamed rice this is to account for the seasoned Sushi vinegar that we will add later

Evenly distribute the rice and place the combo on top let the rice soak in water for 20 to 30 minutes then start cooking to make sushi vinegar combine rice vinegar sugar and salt in a microwave safe bow mix the mixture with the Whisk microwave for 1 minute or until the sugar has

Dissolved mix again and set aside to let it cool if you using a wooden tub called Sushi or hiri moisten it by running water over it drain and dry it with a clean towel when the rice is cooked discard the used comu and transfer the cooked rice into the

Sush spread out the rice evenly so it will cool faster the wood of sushi helps absorb excess moisture from the sushi rice if you make sushi often I recommend getting a sushi while the rice is still hot pour the sushi vinegar over it with a rice paddle gently slice the

Rice at a 45° angle to incorporate the sushi vinegar while cooling the rice with a fan Fanning takes away the excess moisture and makes the rice Shine using this slicing motion separate the chunks of rice and gently flip the rice between slices do not stir or mix

The rice because the grains may break and it will become mushy when the rice is cooled to the temperature of human skin your sushi rice is ready make sure to keep the rice covered with the damp towel at the room Temperature I hope you enjoy this recipe and check out more of my videos here thank you for watching and see you in the next video M