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Aunt Keiko's Inarisushi いなり寿司
Special Inari sushi recipe from my aunt with step by step photos & video. including a secret ingredient to enhance the fragrance and enrich the flavour.
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Total Time
35 mins
Servings:
12
Calories:
200 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Japanese
Ingredients
- 600 g sushi rice
- 6 abura age cut them in half and make 12
- 240 ml water
- 1 tsp dashi powder
- 30 g sugar
- 1/2 tsp miso paste
- 25 ml soy sauce
- 1/2 tbsp black sesame seeds to sprinkle
Instructions
- Cook and prepare the sushi rice (my sushi rice uses 2 cups of uncooked rice and I used about 2/3 of the entire cooked rice) *1
- Cut the aburaage pieces in half.
- Pour boiling hot water over the aburaage to remove the excess oil.
- Bring one cup of water in a saucepan to boil over high heat and add dashi powder.
- Add sugar, soy sauce to the saucepan.
- Turn the heat down to medium, add aburaage and cook for 10 minutes.
- Add miso paste and cook until all liquid has absorbed and evaporated.
- Turn the heat off and cool it down completely.
- Make 12 round and cylinder shape sushi rice balls (each weigh about 50 g)
- Open the aburaage pouch gently without breaking and insert one sushi rice ball and close the end side down.
- Repeat this same process for the rest of the 11 aburaage and rice balls.
- Serve on a plate and sprinkle black sesame seeds on top.
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Notes
- #1 perfect sushi rice
Nutrition Information
Calories
200kcal
(10%)
Carbohydrates
42g
(14%)
Protein
4g
(8%)
Sodium
129mg
(5%)
Potassium
61mg
(1%)
Sugar
2g
(4%)
Calcium
14mg
(1%)
Iron
0.5mg
(3%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 12 Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 200
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 200kcal | 10% |
| Carbohydrates | 42g | 14% |
| Protein | 4g | 8% |
| Sodium | 129mg | 5% |
| Potassium | 61mg | 1% |
| Sugar | 2g | 4% |
| Calcium | 14mg | 1% |
| Iron | 0.5mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.