Hello everybody, it is me, Dave, welcome to our recipe site. Today, we’re going to make a distinctive dish, ‘gunkan’ maki sushi. It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Gunkan Maki - The Battleship Wrapped in Seaweed. To appreciate the nature of gunkan sushi invariably referred to as gunkan maki, it helps to dig a little deeper to understand what maki is. This invention enabled the use of soft loose ingredients as a sushi topping. Gunkan means warship and the name of the dish is derived from the shape.
‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi is one of the most popular of recent trending meals in the world. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s appreciated by millions daily. ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have ‘gunkan’ maki sushi using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi:
- Prepare Sushi Rice
- Make ready Nori
- Get Your Favourite Toppings
- Get <Topping Suggestions>
- Get Fresh Sashimi Slices, Wasabi
- Make ready Ikura (Salmon Roe), Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)
- Make ready Crab Meat, Prawns
- Take Teriyaki Chicken, Inari-zushi Wrappers
- Get Tuna & Mayonnaise
- Get Scrambled Egg, Boiled Egg & Mayonnaise
- Get Avocado, Cucumber, Corn
A fun and easy snack with a bright vibrant color. This Gunkan Maki sushi recipe is easy to make at home. This version of gunkan is made with uni or sea urchin gonads as a topping for nori-wrapped sushi rice. The flavors are sweet, rich, and creamy, with notes of the sea.
Instructions to make ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi:
- Cook Sushi Rice. Sushi rice should be cool or room temperature. *Find my 'Sushi Rice' recipe at https://cookpad.com/uk/recipes/1467168-sushi-rice
- Prepare toppings. - *Today I made four different toppings, ‘Smoked Salmon & Avocado’, ‘Teriyaki Chicken’, ‘Nattō & Cucumber with Spring Onion’ and ‘Canned Tuna & Mayonnaise with Spring Onion’
- Cut a sheet Sushi Nori into 6 strips. Nori sheet is usually 20cm long. When you cut it into 6 strips, each strip would be 3.3cm in width. Cut each strip to make 15-16cm long. Offcuts can be used for topping or other dishes.
- Make small oblong Sushi Rice balls. Usually about 20g of rice is formed into a ball, and that’s quite small. Flatten or hollow the top. - *Note: You may wish to purchase Sushi Moulds, but ice cube tray could be an alternative tool to make many balls quickly.
- Wrap each ball with a Nori strip with the smooth side out, place toppings on top.
This version of gunkan is made with uni or sea urchin gonads as a topping for nori-wrapped sushi rice. The flavors are sweet, rich, and creamy, with notes of the sea. The texture is delicate and melting in the mouth. How to make tuna wrapped gunkan maki Get the tuna. First thing you want to do is make sure you get the right piece of tuna.
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