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Chirashi
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Chirashi

A bowl of seasoned sushi rice with nori strips, topped with slices of raw fish (salmon, tuna, white fish) fanned out; wasabi, pickled ginger and soy sauce for dipping on the side.

⏱ 40 min
⚖ Pareve🥬 Vegetarian🌱 Vegan🌾 Gluten-free

👨‍🍳 Method

For the Cooked rice

  1. 1
    Rinse the rice in cold water until the water runs clear, and drain.
    Colander
  2. 2
    In a pot, bring the water to a boil, add the rice and stir once.
    StovePot
  3. 3
    Turn down to low, cover and simmer 15 minutes' without opening the lid'.
    ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid
    💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.
  4. 4
    Turn off the heat and leave covered for 10 minutes.
    Lid
  5. 5
    Dissolve the sugar and salt in the rice vinegar and mix into the hot rice with cutting strokes.
    Silicone spatula
    💡Fold in the seasoning with cutting strokes rather than stirring: the grains stay whole, and the rice is only as sticky as it needs to be.
  6. 6
    Slice all the fish with a long, sharp knife, in a single motion along the blade, into slices about ½ cm thick.
    KnifeCutting board
  7. 7
    Divide the rice among 4 bowls. Fan the fish slices on top, color next to color, so they cover almost all the rice.
    Serving bowl
171calories
3 gprotein
38 gcarbs
0 gfat
● protein 7%● carbs 92%● fat 1%

Per serving (131 g), of 4 servings

For the Cooked rice ·

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (8) · 🍳 One cooking vessel

  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Lid · Also works: Aluminum foil (tight aluminum foil) · Plate (an upside-down plate)
  • Pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
  • Cutting board · Also works: Plate (Large plate, dulls the knife)
  • Knife · Also works: Food processor (Fast, less control over size) · Kitchen shears (For herbs/dough)
  • Colander · Also works: Lid (a lid held slightly open over the sink, you lose a little) · Slotted spoon (for small amounts)
  • Silicone spatula · Also works: Wooden spoon (Scrapes less well) · Spoon / teaspoon (regular) (None)
  • Serving bowl · Also works: Bowl (None)

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🧩 Parts

⚙️ What you can change

  • Possible additions: Salmon · Tuna · Skin-on fillet, scalded with boiling water · Boiling water for the skin · Nori strips · Wasabi · Pickled ginger · Soy sauce for dipping
  • Slice thickness: about ½ cm
  • Number of bowls: 4

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