‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi

Name: ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: Sushi Rice; Nori; Your Favourite Toppings; <Topping Suggestions>; Fresh Sashimi Slices, Wasabi; Ikura (Salmon Roe), Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe); Crab Meat, Prawns; Teriyaki Chicken, Inari-zushi Wrappers; Tuna & Mayonnaise; Scrambled Egg, Boiled Egg & Mayonnaise; Avocado, Cucumber, Corn

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

Melbourne, Australia

You may not know its name, but you have seen it. It’s a type of Sushi. Small oblong shaped sushi rice balls are wrapped with Nori, and covered with various toppings. It is a big fun to make them at home. By the way, ‘Gunkan’ means ‘Battleship’. The Sushi rice wrapped with Nori has a resemblance to the battleship, and that’s the origin of its name.

Hiroko Liston @hirokoliston

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Ingredients

Sushi Rice
Nori
Your Favourite Toppings
Fresh Sashimi Slices, Wasabi
Ikura (Salmon Roe), Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe)
Crab Meat, Prawns
Teriyaki Chicken, Inari-zushi Wrappers
Tuna & Mayonnaise
Scrambled Egg, Boiled Egg & Mayonnaise
Avocado, Cucumber, Corn

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Steps

1

Cook Sushi Rice. Sushi rice should be cool or room temperature. *Find my 'Sushi Rice' recipe at https://cookpad.wasmer.app/uk/recipes/1467168-sushi-rice
2

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’
3

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.
4

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.
5

Wrap each ball with a Nori strip with the smooth side out, place toppings on top.