Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi
Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi

Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, traditional tuna nigiri sushi. It is one of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.

Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions every day. They are fine and they look wonderful. Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi is something that I have loved my entire life.

The traditional tuna nigiri sushi recipe uses raw tuna, but you can substitute cooked tuna. Sushi Rice: It's best to use Japanese short grain rice for the best fluffy rice. Sushi vinegar: If you don't have sushi vinegar, you can mix rice vinegar, sugar, and salt as a replacement.

To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have traditional tuna nigiri sushi using 3 ingredients and 16 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi:
  1. Get 150 g, Sushi rice
  2. Take 150 g, Tuna block
  3. Make ready small portion, Wasabi (no neede if you prefer mild taste)

You must be a hero by getting this skill like me. I am happy to know this traditional method. You must be a hero by getting this skill like me. Heat a medium nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.

Steps to make Traditional Tuna Nigiri Sushi:
  1. Use the following numbers as the searching keyword to get the information about sushi rice. 5095927, 5106970.
  2. Prepare a sushi kit for nigiri sushi. Amazon US carries. Use the following keyword to reach "Japan Nigiri Sushi Mold Rice Ball 5 Rolls Maker Press Bento Tool (Style 2)". If you are in Japan The Daiso carries. Wash carefully and leave wet as the preparation.
  3. Put all 150g sushi rice into the container and press with the lid. Remove the lid and turn over the container on the cutting board. Then cut in half like the picture to get small 10 pieces rice balls.
  4. Slice the tuna block to get 10 thin pieces. Japanese chef uses a 10 inches or longer knife and take only a strole to get a piece. The knife is held in slant to get one inch width. This tecnique is common while the block doesn't have enough thickness. Refer to the picture for 3 sceans strobo action.
  5. Pinch a pc of sliced tuna.
  6. Put a small portion of wasabi.
  7. Place a rice ball.
  8. Insert your thum into the rice ball. This action is numbered 1.
  9. Press gently with your 2 fingers of your right hand. This action is numbered 2. Be aware that your fingers of both hands are forming a box. Specially the top part of your left hand's fingers take an important role. They are working as the side wall.
  10. Open your left hand slowly while keeping the box formation which are made by the top part of your left hand's fingers and the two fingers of your right hand.
  11. As you see on the previous picture, the rice ball has rolled for 90 degree. Please help the rice ball rolls another 90 degree using your thumb and the middle finger of your right hand and slide the entire piece near a little like the picture. This rice ball rolling action is numbered 3.
  12. Press gently with your 2 fingers of your right hand. This action is numbered as 4.
  13. Rotate the entire piece for a half revolution like the picture. This action is numbered 5.
  14. While holding the rice ball using the thumb and the middle finger of your right hand, stroke the tuna surface using your thumb of your left hand. This action is numbered 6.
  15. Finally press gently again using your two fingers of your right hand. This last action is numbered 7.
  16. Here you are.

Sprinkle tuna with salt and pepper. Maki is the traditional introduction to sushi. Nigiri is one of the most traditional types of sushi, consisting of fresh fish or vegetables draped over small pods of seasoned sushi rice. Make beautiful nigiri sushi for serving at dinner parties or enjoying at lunch with a cup of tea or a little sake. Literally meaning "hand-pressed sushi", nigiri sushi is the small rectangular ball of rice topped with a slice of fish (sashimi) - the image most people have, when we hear the word sushi.

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