Making sushi at home

[Anonymous]

I am a novice sushi-maker and would like to give it another try. Is there a place that sells all the ingredients including fish that you recommend?

[Anonymous]

No idea about local fish sourcing, but I got the family a sushi maker for Christmas. I’m hoping it makes the process a lot easier.

[Anonymous]

HMart but if that’s confusing for you to navigate, Whole Foods or even Giant. You need a mat, plastic wrap, Nishiki brand short-grained rice, seasoned rice vinegar (or you can make it yourself with plain rice vinegar, salt and sugar), Nori seaweed sheets, and fillings.

Use a rice cooker to make rice, then season the warm rice a little with the vinegar. Let it cool.

Start with vegetables, smoked salmon and cream cheese, cooked shrimp, fresh good-quality salmon or tuna. Watch a YouTube video, it’s easy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:HMart but if that’s confusing for you to navigate, Whole Foods or even Giant. You need a mat, plastic wrap, Nishiki brand short-grained rice, seasoned rice vinegar (or you can make it yourself with plain rice vinegar, salt and sugar), Nori seaweed sheets, and fillings.

Use a rice cooker to make rice, then season the warm rice a little with the vinegar. Let it cool.

Start with vegetables, smoked salmon and cream cheese, cooked shrimp, fresh good-quality salmon or tuna. Watch a YouTube video, it’s easy.

you have to be very careful with the raw fish. My sibling makes sushi all the time, but they usually go fishing and eat the raw fish there or within a day. I thinks starting off with store bought smoked salmon or cooked shrimp is a good idea.

There is also a sushi rice vinegar, or as pp stated, make it yourself.

[Anonymous]

I get sashimi grade fish and roe from Hmart when I want to do something special. Other times I make spicy (cooked) salmon using Japanese mayo and shichimi togarashi (a spice) with cucumbers, or avocado. Fun and easy!

[Anonymous]

I hired a sushi chef to come give my DH lessons for his birthday. I think the guy came over three times and they went to buy fish together once.

Ask at your favorite sushi place if they'll give lessons.

[Anonymous]

Lessons! and sushi party! good idea!

[Anonymous]

You can buy frozen sushi grade fish at Asian markets. Hana in DC sells it if you can’t get to the burbs

[Anonymous]

H Mart

[Anonymous]

I make sashimi.
That way I don't have to deal with perfecting the rice.

I garnish w shiso, daikon & seaweed.

[Anonymous]

Years ago I used to buy sushi fish from a Japanese store in Bethesda called Hinata. I now get it from Wegmans.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Years ago I used to buy sushi fish from a Japanese store in Bethesda called Hinata. I now get it from Wegmans.

Why change?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Years ago I used to buy sushi fish from a Japanese store in Bethesda called Hinata. I now get it from Wegmans.

Why change?

I don’t live in Bethesda anymore?

[Anonymous]

The rice is the hard part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hired a sushi chef to come give my DH lessons for his birthday. I think the guy came over three times and they went to buy fish together once.

Ask at your favorite sushi place if they'll give lessons.

Oh man, I really want to do this for my family!