Recipe Alert: Sushi and Yakisoba

Tonight our inner Japanese came out and we made sushi and yakisoba for dinner.  Yummm.

Sushi is becoming a staple in our house.  To make sushi you will need sushi rice.  This is made by using a short grain rice.  You will need to cook your rice and allow it to sit for about 10 minutes.  Meanwhile mix together 3T rice vinegar, 2T sugar, and 1t salt in a bowl.  Microwave for 45 seconds and stir.  Then pour the mixture over 3 cups of cooked rice.  Allow rice to cool to room temperature. 

Sushi Ingredients:

• 3 cups of sushi rice
• 3-4 sheets of nori (dried seaweed) cut in half
• cucumber
• avocado
• lemon
• crab
• mayonnaise
• cucumber, cut in matchstick size pieces
• roasted sesame seeds
• bamboo mat (covered in plastic wrap or wax paper)

1. Get your ingredients ready.  Slice avocado and squeeze lemon juice over it.  In a separate bowl combine crab and mayonnaise (as much or as little as you like).
2. Put a half sheet of nori shiny side down on your surface.  Wet finger tips and put about 1/2 cup of sushi rice on the nori.  Sprinkle with sesame seeds.
   
3. Turn nori sheet over and line crab mixture, cucumber, and avocado down the center.   Roll up using bamboo roller.
   
   

And by all means make sure you are sticking your tongue out and concentrating really hard when you do this!

**We love to garnish ours with pickled ginger and sweet chili sauce.

Now for the yakisoba...

Yakisoba Ingredients:

• Soba noodles, cooked
• 1 lbs chicken, chopped into bite size pieces
• Yakisoba sauce (about 1/2 a bottle)
• 4 gloves of garlic, minced
• 2T olive oil
• 2-3 cups mixed veggies (cabbage, carrots, peppers, onions)
• pepper
• ginger

1. Heat oil in wok and saute chicken until done.
2. Add garlic and veggies until desired level of tenderness.
3. Add yakisoba sauce, soba noodles, dash of pepper, and dash of ginger to chicken mixture.
4. Cook until heated through.

This yummy Japanese meal was loved by all in my house.