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These Mediterranean pomegranate and basil sushi rolls are the prettiest fifteen minutes you'll spend in the kitchen. Juicy pomegranate arils burst against briny green Greek olives and fresh basil, all wrapped in seasoned sushi rice. Cook the rice ahead and the...
Classic cucumber rolls — kappa maki — are where every sushi lover starts, and they're still the cleanest bite on the platter. Crisp cucumber, sushi rice, nori, and a scatter of toasted sesame: that's the whole magic trick. With prepared rice, rolling takes...
Spicy apple and daikon sushi rolls are the sweet-heat maki I order first at my local counter. Matchsticks of Granny Smith apple and drained chili daikon roll up with scallions and sushi rice, with ponzu for dipping. The apple crunch against the chili bite is genuinely...
Broccoli-stem kimchi inari is zero-waste sushi that tastes like a masterstroke. Those thick broccoli stems — usually compost — turn quick-pickle tangy with daikon, carrot, garlic chili paste, and ginger, then tuck into inari pouches with seasoned rice. Twenty-five...
Baby bok choy nigiri with black bean sauce is the two-bite wonder my sushi nights were missing. Blanched baby bok choy, glossy with savory black bean sauce and brightened with orange zest, sits on pressed rice with a nori belt. Twenty minutes, and it tastes like...
Cucumber peanut sushi boats are no-roll sushi at its friendliest. Thin English cucumber slices cup pressed sushi rice, topped with roasted peanuts, grated daikon and ginger, and scallions, with a shake of chili seasoning and sweet chili sauce for dipping. No rolling...
Vegan gunkanmaki — battleship sushi with amaranth roe — is the conversation piece of a plant-based sushi night. A wide nori band circles the rice, cradling spoonfuls of faux roe made from amaranth. Fifteen minutes once the rice is done, and everyone gets the pop of...
Vibrant spinach nigiri proves a sushi topping doesn't need fish to be beautiful. Blanched spinach, seasoned with dark sesame oil and salt, drapes over pressed rice and gets a belt of nori with black sesame seeds. Forty-five minutes, most of it rice time, and the...
This genius shortcut to delicious homemade sushi swaps store-bought Japanese omelette sheets for a stovetop tamago you'd normally babysit. Strips of sweet egg go onto pressed rice, a nori band holds everything in place, and a dusting of furikake adds crunch....
Spicy carrot and tomato inari sushi brings genuine heat to a usually sweet hand-held. Finely diced carrot gets tossed with sriracha and garlic chili paste, shichimi togarashi, and dark sesame oil, then folds into sushi rice with halved cherry tomatoes. Fifteen minutes...
Easy shiitake mushroom nigiri is the vegetarian sushi piece that wins over fish loyalists. Pan-cooked shiitake caps, briefly marinated for extra flavor, sit on hand-pressed rice with ginger and scallion, a strip of nori holding it all together. Tomato furikake...
Red bean inari sushi is dessert disguised as lunch, in the best possible way. Sweet red bean paste (anko) and fresh herbs — shiso or basil, mint, and scallion — fold into sushi rice inside sweet inari pouches. Twenty minutes with prepared rice, no rolling mat, and...