Recipe: Tasty ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi

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Recipe: Tasty ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi Delicious, fresh and tasty.

‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi. Gunkan Maki - The Battleship Wrapped in Seaweed. To appreciate the nature of gunkan sushi invariably referred to as gunkan maki, it helps to dig a little deeper to understand what maki is. This invention enabled the use of soft loose ingredients as a sushi topping.

The following flash illustrated guide will show you just how easier.

Properly prepared sushi rice ; Nori; Fish roe.

It's a type of Sushi called 'Gunkan Maki'.

You can cook ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi using 11 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of ‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi

  1. Prepare of Sushi Rice.

  2. You need of Nori.

  3. Prepare of Your Favourite Toppings.

  4. It’s of <Topping Suggestions>.

  5. It’s of Fresh Sashimi Slices, Wasabi.

  6. Prepare of Ikura (Salmon Roe), Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe).

  7. It’s of Crab Meat, Prawns.

  8. It’s of Teriyaki Chicken, Inari-zushi Wrappers.

  9. It’s of Tuna & Mayonnaise.

  10. You need of Scrambled Egg, Boiled Egg & Mayonnaise.

  11. It’s of Avocado, Cucumber, Corn.

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.

‘Gunkan’ Maki Sushi step by step

  1. Cook Sushi Rice. Sushi rice should be cool or room temperature. *Find my Sushi Rice' recipe at https://cookpad.com/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..

This Gunkan Maki sushi recipe is easy to make at home.

Uni gunkan maki is a traditional Japanese type of sushi that comes in the elongated shape of a ship (gunkan).

This version of gunkan is made with uni or sea urchin gonads as a topping for nori-wrapped sushi rice.

The flavors are sweet, rich, and creamy, with notes of the sea.

The texture is delicate and melting in the mouth. [HDR-IMG] Gunkan maki, also known as Battleship maki, is a common, more traditional type of sushi.