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Saba Nigiri Sushi

by Darth Gord 5 photos Rated 58% 191 votes when voting closed

A pimped up saba (mackerel) nigiri sushi…

Estimated cost : Mackerel – 50p, seaweed – pennies, sushi rice – ditto.

You will need :

A smoked mackerel fillet
sushi rice
sushi vinegar
seaweed (optional)

Rice cooker, bottle of sushi vinegar, packet of nori and a smoked mackerel fillet on a plate

Rinse the sushi rice well and cook in a rice cooker/pot as normal. Once done transfer to a shallow tray, add a couple of spoons of vinegar and fold in, leaving to cool.

Cooked sushi rice tipped into a large plastic tub to cool

It takes years to learn to shape nigiri properly, but a fairly good approximation can be made to create the thumb shaped rice.

Rice pressed into one oversized rectangular nigiri block sitting in the plastic tub

Place the mackerel fillet over the top, along with a decorative ribbon of seaweed (optional). Compare this big guy with it’s little brother.

The giant nigiri next to a normal-sized one on a chopping board

Serve on a funky dish with wasabi and soy.

The finished giant saba nigiri on a black plate with a blob of wasabi

Alternatively, as it’s not going to be easy to pick up with chopsticks, break the rice and fillet down to normal size sushi.

Itadakimasu! (Bon Appetit in Japanese)

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