Ingredients
- 5 cup cooked organic Lundberg™ White Sushi Rice, (see Eden's Sushi Rice recipe)
- 4 sheets Eden Sushi Nori
- 2 medium carrots, cut into 1/4-inch thick lengthwise strips, blanched 2 minutes
(see Eden Carrot Strips for Sushi recipe) - 1 avocado, peeled, seeded and sliced
- 1/2 cup Eden Sliced Shiitake Mushrooms
- 2 cups water, for cooking shiitake
- 1 1/2 Tbsp Eden Shoyu Soy Sauce, for seasoning shiitake
- 2 Tbsp organic maple syrup, for seasoning shiitake
Directions
Place the shiitake and water in a small saucepan, cover and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 15 minutes. Add the shoyu and syrup, cover and simmer another 5 minutes. Remove and drain, reserving the cooking liquid. The cooking liquid may be chilled and used to make a dip sauce for the sushi or used for soup stock. The shiitake are now ready for making sushi.
Take a sushi mat, set it on the counter or cutting board. Place a sheet of sushi nori on the mat with the rough, dull side facing up. Take 1 to 1 1/4 cups of cooked rice and spread it evenly on the bottom half of the sheet of nori. Moisten a wooden spoon or rice paddle and press down firmly on the rice to evenly spread and cover half the sheet of nori. Place several pieces of shiitake, in a straight line, across the center of the rice (horizontally) in a straight line. Place 1 or 2 carrot strips on top of the shiitake. Place 3 or 4 slices of avocado on top of the carrot and shiitake. Pull the mat up with your thumbs, hold and tuck the fillings with all eight fingers. Roll forward in a jelly roll fashion, and tuck the nori forward, while pulling back the mat slightly each time you roll forward. Just before you reach the end of the sheet of nori, moisten the end with a little cold water. Continue rolling until you have a cylinder shaped roll. Tightly wrap the mat around the roll, and squeeze gently to seal the nori roll. Remove the mat and place the roll on the cutting board.
Moisten a sharp knife with water and cut the roll in half. Cut each half in half, then each quarter in half, moistening the knife each time before cutting. You should now have eight equal size pieces of sushi. Repeat the above steps until you have 4 rolls or 32 pieces of sushi.
Try mixing a little Eden Wasabi Powder (Japanese Mustard) in with the shiitake cooking water before chilling and using as a dip sauce.
Nutritional Information
Per serving - 234 calories, 8 g fat (30% calories from fat), 5 g protein, 36 g carbohydrate, 4 g fiber, 0 mg cholesterol, 377 mg sodium