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Gunkanmaki (Topped Oval Sushi)

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Gunkanmaki ("battleship roll") is a variety of sushi where a oval-shaped piece of sushi rice is wrapped with nori and topped.

Ingredients

  • Sushi rice
  • Nori
  • Uni (sea urchin) roe
  • Salmon roe
  • Negitoro (minced raw tuna)
  • Sliced cucumber
  • Quail egg

Instructions

  1. 1
    Cut nori into strips 1 inch wide and long enough to fully surround your sushi rice with at least 1 inch of overlap.
  2. 2
    Form the sushi rice into oval pieces approximately 1 inch wide by 1¼ inch long by 1 inch high.
  3. 3
    Starting with one end of a nori strip, fully wrap the nori around the sushi rice. Wet the inside of the overlapping nori, and press over the first end to seal the roll.
  4. 4
    Stand the rolled rice up, and place the desired topping(s) on top of the roll as shown in the images.
Category
Side Dishes
Cuisine
Japanese

Recipe Attribution

Wikibooks Cookbook
en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Gunkanmaki_(Topped_Oval_Sushi)