With countless recipes, tips, tricks, and more! Over the last decade, as the owner of a sushi catering company, Jun Nak
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Table of contents :
Contents
1.Introduction
2.History
3.Supplies and Tools
Knives
Cutting Board
Rice Cooker
Sushi Oke / Hangiri (wooden sushi mixing bowl)
Shamoji (rice paddle)
Makisu (bamboo rolling mat)
Otoshibuta (drop lid)
Moribashi (plating chopsticks)
Fish Bone Tweezers
Tamagoyaki Frying Pan
4.Basic Pantry Ingredients
Rice
Rice Vinegar
Nori (dried seaweed)
Shoyu (soy sauce)
Wasabi
Gari (pickled ginger)
Goma (sesame seeds)
Dashi (Japanese stock)
Tempurako (tempura flour)
5.Sauce Recipes
Spicy Mayo
Unagi Sauce (eel sauce)
Nikiri Shoyu
6.Vegetables and Other Fresh Ingredients
Avocado
Cucumber
Daikon (Japanese radish)
Negi (green onion)
Carrot
Jalapeño
Asparagus
Takuwan (Japanese pickled radish)
Lettuce
Shiso (Japanese perilla leaf)
Kaiware Daikon (baby radish sprouts)
Kanpyo (Japanese gourd)
Red Radish
Tamago (egg)
Inari (fried tofu pocket)
7.Sourcing Fish and Seafood
What Does “Sushi-Grade” Mean?
Where to Buy Fish
How to Buy Fish
8.Fish and Seafood Preparation
9.Cutting Fish
How to Cut Fish for Sashimi
How to Cut Fish for Rolls
How to Cut Fish for Nigirizushi
10.Sashimi
Assorted Sashimi Plate
11.Sushi Rice
Cooking Rice
Making Sushi Rice
Making Sushi Vinegar
12.Makizushi (Sushi Rolls)
Hosomaki (thin roll)
Tekkamaki (tuna roll)
Kappamaki (cucumber roll)
Negihama (yellowtail green onion roll)
Uramaki (inside-out roll)
California Roll
Spicy Tuna Roll
Philadelphia (Philly) Roll
Salmon Skin Roll
Rainbow Roll
Caterpillar Roll
Dragon Roll
Tatemaki (vertical roll)
Shrimp Tempura Roll
Futomaki (“big” roll)
Temaki (hand roll)
Temaki Party
13.Nigirizushi
Assorted Nigiri Platter
14.Gunkanmaki (Battleship Sushi)
Assorted Gunkanmaki Plate
15.Temarizushi (Sushi Ball)
Assorted Temari Plate
16.Chirashizushi (Scattered Sushi)
Chirashi-don/Kaisen-don (scattered sushi bowl/seafood bowl)
Barazushi (Kansai-style scattered sushi)
17.Inarizushi (Fried Tofu Pocket Sushi)
Kanto-Style Inarizushi
18.Other Recipes
Dashi Stock
Braised Shiitake Mushrooms
Miso-shiru (miso soup)
Shrimp Tempura
Tamagoyaki
Homemade Pickled Ginger (gari)
19.Presentation
Sushi Rolls
Nigirizushi
Sashimi
Garnishes
20.Sake and Other Drink Pairings
Sake (Nihon-shu)
Beer
Wine
Cocktails/Spirits
21.Sushi Etiquette
22.Sushi Glossary
Index
Conversion Charts