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How to Make the Perfect Sushi Rice 寿司飯

Knowng how to make authentic sushi rice is an essential foundation point to making many types of Japanese sushi. With step by step photo instructions, helpful tips, and a handy quantity calculator, you'll master it quickly!

Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
5 mins
Total Time
45 mins
Servings: 1
Calories: 1623 kcal
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Japanese

Ingredients

Sushi Vinegar (Sushizu)
  • 4 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 2 tbsp sugar
  • 2 tsp salt
Sushi Rice
  • 2 cups Uncooked sushi rice *1
  • 1.8 cups of water
  • 1 strip of Kelp (about 5 cm/2inch) *2 or I tsp Konbu dashi powder

Instructions

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  1. Wash the rice a few times or until the washing water becomes clear. Drain the washing water and place the rice in a rice cooker. 
  2. Add the kepl strip and water and cook the rice as per your rice cooker instructions. *3 
  3. While the rice is cooking, in a small pot, heat the rice vinegar, sugar, and salt together to make the sushi vinegar on medium heat until the sugar dissolves.
  4. Moisten the wooden tub with water and wipe excess water off with a cloth. 
  5. Once the rice is cooked, remove the kelp strip (if you used a kelp strip)  from the rice and place the rice into the wooden tub. Pour the sushi vinegar over it and mix to flavour the rice while fanning it to cool down the rice.
  6. While the rice is hot, pour the sushi vinegar mixture over the rice.
  7. Turn and mix to flavour the rice with rice spatula (called Shamoji) while fanning it to cool down the rice. 
  8. While fanning with the Japanese fan (called Uchiwa) make sure that you are not mashing the rice, rather more like cutting motion. 
  9. All the rice to cool at room temperature and place a moistened cloth over to avoid getting dry. 

Notes

  • *1 Use a standard measuring cup (240ml). To make more sushi rice, use the calculator in the post.  
  • *2 You can either use a powdered dashi or kelp strip.
  • *3 If you use kelp, just pop it in. If you use powder, just add to the rice cooker. 
  • *4 Nutrition fact is for entire rice. This amount of sushi rice will make 4 full sized sushi rolls.  
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  • Rice vinegar is the best to use for making sushi rice. That is what authentic Japanese recipe would use. If you are unable to get rice vinegar, it can be replaced by white vinegar but the flavour will be slightly different.

Nutrition Information

Calories 1623kcal (81%) Carbohydrates 360g (120%) Protein 27g (54%) Fat 2g (3%) Saturated Fat 1g (5%) Sodium 5115mg (213%) Potassium 310mg (9%) Fiber 11g (44%) Sugar 32g (64%) Calcium 303mg (30%) Iron 6mg (33%)

Nutrition Facts

Serving: 1Serving

Amount Per Serving

Calories 1623

% Daily Value*

Calories 1623kcal 81%
Carbohydrates 360g 120%
Protein 27g 54%
Fat 2g 3%
Saturated Fat 1g 5%
Sodium 5115mg 213%
Potassium 310mg 7%
Fiber 11g 44%
Sugar 32g 64%
Calcium 303mg 30%
Iron 6mg 33%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.