I have made sushi at home today, I didn’t have the first idea about it, my ex tried a few years back and was pretty good at it so I never got my hands dirty with it. You can make your own sushi for as little as $4 per person.
I was talking last week about keeping your budget while being social, and this is a very good example. I had a lunch planned with my sister and my brother. We rarely get together, just the three of us, so I wanted to have a nice meal. And since I am the older sibling, I consider it my duty to treat them to said meal. I thought about ordering sushi, which would have cost about $15 per person, or $45.
Instead, I went to an Asian supermarket, and bought all the staples to try and make sushi from scratch. If you would like to make your own sushi, you will need
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some sushi rice
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some fish, as fresh as possible since you will eat it raw.
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Sushi vinegar
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salt and sugar
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wasabi
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pickled ginger
Cooking the rice: rinse it well before you cook it, then bring to boil 2 cups of rice and 1 cup of lightly salted water, then slow down the fire, cover it to keep cooking for about 20 minutes, until all the water has evaporated.
Wait until the rice is cold enough to touch, and pour over it a quarter cup of sushi vinegar, with two spoons of sugar and a little salt. Mix your rice and leave it for now.
Prepare the slices of fish, I used salmon only, because my siblings liked mainly salmon. I love tuna too, though it is harder to find and more expensive.
Now wet your hand with a little water, you can put water on a bowl for ease of use, and grab in the palm of your hand a little bit of rice. Form a sushi by pressing gently the rice in your palm. Then grab a piece of fish that is roughly the size of your rice, put a drop of wasabi on it and press both rice and fish in your palm to stick them together. That’s it, you have a sushi!! Eat with wasabi and pickled ginger.
I did some maki too, the ones rolled in seaweed, but I will explain another time!
Now let’s look at my costs. I spent about $25 for a huge 3lbs piece of salmon, that was way too much, but I always want to make sure I have enough. We used half and I froze the other half. The rest of the staples were $15, and I also used half or less.
So for what we ate:
Fish: $12.50
Rice, vinegar, wasabi, ginger: $7.50
Total: $20
I prepared my rice the night before and couldn’t wait, so I had a sushi dinner. I left a plate for my mum to try too. So I fed 5 people on $20! Pretty good for what is usually a $15 a pop meal right? My siblings were delighted and we had a great time.
On a related topic, find out how to make an easy spanish tortilla.
Have you tried to make your own sushi? How did that turn out?
I seriously might try this. My husband loves sushi and I don’t. I would consider making it for him at home…
A cheap date in and you will make him happy! If you don’t like the fish part of sushi, you can try vegetable sushi, or the ones with a little fried omelet inside. If you don’t like the raw fish part of it, you can have baked salmon that night!
I love making homemade sushi. It wasn;t really worth it when we lived in Chicago because we knew of a fish market that you could get really good sushi for really cheap prices. The prices were nearly comparable to what it would cost to make it.
I have found many cheap sushi places in the US, specially the all you can eat china buffets. Lunch was usually around $7 and you could have all the sushi you want, plus many other dishes and dessert!
This looks very good!
Thank you Michelle! It doesn’t take as much time as it seems, once you have cooked the rice and cut the fish you can assemble 50 sushi or so in 15 minutes.
Sushi is one of the few things we actually go out to eat. We love to cook and cook most things so going out can be tricky. We have made our own sushi though and it turned out pretty good. You really have to get the rice right. Yours looks pretty fantastic though. Great job. As far as price goes, sushi can be decently cheap.
Rice is everything! I used this recipe http://allrecipes.com/recipe/perfect-sushi-rice/ and it turned out perfect.
Um, amazing! Going to send to my brother. 🙂
Nice post, just found your blog on my travels around the Internet. Definitely will come back.
Thanks for stopping by Jordan!
This is awesome! I am going to feature it in my roundup today! 🙂
Thanks ever so much Savvy Scot!
Thanks for sharing!
Not sure where you bought salmon. But most salmon available in Australia market is not for raw-eating. The problem is the parasites, which are present even the fish is alive. Salmon must undergo a deep-frozen process to kill them before it can be used in sushi. So, good luck!
I am going to feature it in my roundup today! 🙂 badoink
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Thanks for sharing. I love making sushi at home. When using raw fish always be careful that the fish must be sashimi-grade or sushi-grade. You can alwasys ask fishmonger. Sometimes the raw fish will have a sticker on it, showing sushi grade.
Thanks for sharing