Homemade Sushi

Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 25 min
Servings: 8
Yield: 8 servings

Description

Make sushi rolls at home with this easy sushi recipe with crabmeat, avocado, cucumber, and pickled ginger, or customize with your favorite fillings.

Ingredients

1 1/3 cups water
2/3 cup uncooked short-grain white rice
3 tablespoons rice vinegar
3 tablespoons white sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
4 sheets nori seaweed sheets
1/2 pound imitation crabmeat, flaked
1 avocado - peeled, pitted, and sliced
1/2 cucumber, peeled, cut into small strips
2 tablespoons pickled ginger

Directions

1 Gather all ingredients. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C).
2 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.
3 Mix rice vinegar, sugar, and salt in a small bowl. Gently stir into cooked rice in the pot and set aside.
4 Lay nori sheets on a baking sheet.
5 Heat nori in the preheated oven until warm, 1 to 2 minutes.
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.
7 Lift one end of the mat and roll it tightly over filling to make a complete roll. Repeat with remaining ingredients.
8 Use a wet, sharp knife to cut each roll into 4 to 6 slices.