Homemade Sushi

Ingredients

• 1 ⅓ cups water

• ⅔ cup uncooked short-grain white rice

• 3 tablespoons rice vinegar

• 3 tablespoons white sugar

• 1 ½ teaspoons salt

• 4 sheets nori seaweed sheets

• ½ pound imitation crabmeat, flaked

• 1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and sliced

• ½ cucumber, peeled, cut into small strips

• 2 tablespoons pickled ginger

• Directions

  1. step 1

  2. Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).

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 step 2

1. Bring water to a boil in a medium pot; stir in rice. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and water has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.

2. step 3
   

3. Mix rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Gently stir into cooked rice in the pot and set aside.

step 4

Lay nori sheets on a baking sheet.

step 5

Heat nori in the preheated oven until warm, 1 to 2 minutes

step 6
Center 1 nori sheet on a bamboo sushi mat. Use wet hands to spread a thin layer of rice on top. Arrange 1/4 of the crabmeat, avocado, cucumber, and pickled ginger over rice in a line down the center.

step 7

Lift one end of the mat and roll it tightly over filling to make a complete roll. Repeat with remaining ingredients.

step 8

Use a wet, sharp knife to cut each roll into 4 to 6 slices