Gomoku Inari Sushi (sushi wrapped in seasoned fried tofu pockets)
“Inari Sushi” is a Japanese soul food formed with vinegared rice tucked inside little deep-fried tofu pockets. Of course, cook the rice with the soaking water from the Shiitake.
Other than dried Shiitake mushrooms, we use a lot of Sun-dried ingredients, such as Dried Daikon & Carrot Strip Mix, Dried burdock, Gourd shavings, Hijiki, white sesame.
Ingredients
(20 servings)
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3 cups
Rice
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540ml
Soup from reconstituted shiitake mushrooms plus water
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6 Tbsp ( 90ml )
Sushi vinegar
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10 slices
Abura-age( fried tofu, boiled to remove oil )
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7g
Dried Daikon & Carrot Strip Mix( minced )
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5g
Dried burdock ( minced )
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5g
Gourd shavings ( minced )
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6
Dried shiitake mushrooms ( minced )
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3g
Hijiki ( minced )
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4 Tbsp
White sesame seeds
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2 Tbsp
Salad oil
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3 cups ( 600ml )
Dashi broth -A
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8 Tbsp
Sugar -A
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50ml
Mirin -B
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100ml
Soy sauce -B
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1.5 cup ( 300ml )
Dashi broth -C
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2 Tbsp
Sugar -C
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1 Tbsp
Mirin -C
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2 Tbsp
Light soy sauce -C
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Steps
1
Reconstitute all dried ingredients with water. Mince everything except the hijiki.
2
Wash and drain the rice on a draining basket at least 1 hour before cooking it.
3
In the rice cooker, put in the rice and reconstituted soup and water and cook.
4
After the rice is cooked, leave it without opening the cooker for 6 min. Then put the rice on a rice tray or pad.
5
Use a wooden paddle to evenly mix in the sushi vinegar into the rice.
6
Put the abura-age in large, shallow pot, add Seasoning A, and set to medium heat for 4?5min. Then add Seasoning B and put on absorbent cover. Cook until the broth evaporates.
7
In another pot, heat the oil and stir-fry the Dried Daikon & Carrot Strip Mix, burdock, gourd shavings, shiitake mushrooms, and hijiki in this order. Add Seasoning C and cook until the broth evaporates.
8
Mix in Step 7's cooled ingredients into the sushi rice and mix in the white sesame seeds well.
9
In the dried abura-age, stuff the sushi rice filling. (For 20 servings)
10
Put the inari sushi on a tray and provide some ginger soaked in sweet vinegar if desired.