Kansai-Style Decorated Sushi

Name: Kansai-Style Decorated Sushi
Yield: Makes 4 small or 4 large sushi bowl servings
Cuisine: Japanese
Ingredients: 6 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for small bowls or 8 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for large bowls; ¼ cup ikura (salmon roe); 6 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for small bowls or 8 cups (lightly packed) prepared sushi rice for large bowls; ¼ cup minced gari (sweet pickled ginger); ¼ cup ikura (salmon roe); 8 shiso (perilla) leaves, minced, or ¼ cup minced coriander leaves; ¼ cup minced gari (sweet pickled ginger); 6 simmered shiitake mushrooms (3 ounces), minced; 8 shiso (perilla) leaves, minced, or ¼ cup minced coriander leaves; 12 strips simmered kanpyo gourd, minced; 1 rolled thick omelet (6 inches x 2 inches x 1 inch); 2 simmered 2- x 2¾-inch dried koya-dofu (freeze-dried tofu); 2 simmered 2- x 2¾-inch dried koya-dofu (freeze-dried tofu); 1 Japanese cucumber or 2 small Kirby cucumbers, cut into ½-inch cubes; 1 Japanese cucumber or 2 small Kirby cucumbers, cut into ½-inch cubes; 8 large shrimp (21 to 30 count per pound), boiled, shelled, and deveined; 8 large shrimp (21 to 30 count per pound), boiled, shelled, and deveined; ½ pound unagi no kabayaki (prepared eel) (for heating instructions); ½ pound unagi no kabayaki (prepared eel) (for heating instructions)

Bara-zushi

Preparation info

Makes
4
small or 4 large sushi bowl servings

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Sushi Experience

By Hiroko Shimbo

Published 2006

About

Kansai is the southwestern part of Japan, in the center of the Japanese archipelago, and it includes the second largest commercial city, Osaka, and the old imperial capital, Kyoto. Kansai-style decorated sushi is called bara-zushi, and it bears little resemblance to the preceding Edo-mae chirashi. The Kansai style employs all cooked ingredients, including simmered shiitake mushrooms, kanpyo gourd, freeze-dried tofu, sweet pickled ginger, omelet, prepared anago

Ingredients

Asia
Japan
Kyoto
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

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